Urgenda: The Final Judgment of the Dutch Supreme Court
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2020-06
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Backes, Chris
van der Veen, G.A.
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Abstract
The final verdict to the Urgenda case provided by the Dutch Supreme Court has been called a victory in the fight to limit climate change and a milestone in public interest litigation, at least in the Netherlands. As a consequence, the Dutch state will have to reduce ghg-emissions by 25% compared with 1990 at the end of 2020. The judgment has attracted widespread acclaim for being ‘courageous’ and exploring unknown legal territory. However, a closer look at the reasoning of the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court still leaves many questions, which are address in this manuscript.
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climate change, Urgenda, tort law, public interest litigation, SDG 13 - Climate Action
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Backes, C W & van der Veen, G A 2020, 'Urgenda: The Final Judgment of the Dutch Supreme Court', Journal for European Environmental and Planning Law, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 307-321. https://doi.org/10.1163/18760104-01703004