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Ruven Fleming comments on Groundbreaking Climate Case: The Urgenda-Appeal Verdict
On 9 October 2018 the Hague Court of Appeals issued a ground-breaking verdict in the appeals case Urgenda Foundation v The Netherlands. The court of appeals upheld the intial verdict of 2015 and rejected the appeal of the Netherlands, ordering the State to achieve a level of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by end-2020 that is more ambitious than envisioned by the State in its curent policy.
