US EditionDutch court to rule on climate change case brought by Caribbean islanders
The Hague court ruled the Netherlands must create a specific climate plan for Bonaire, protecting 20,000 residents and aiming for net zero emissions by 2050.
- On Wednesday, the Hague District Court will decide whether the Netherlands must do more to protect Bonaire, after 8 residents backed by Greenpeace sued for concrete measures.
- During court hearings last year, some of Bonaire's 27,000 residents said climate change effects have made life 'unbearable' and Amsterdam's Vrije Universiteit warned the sea could swallow a fifth of the island by century's end.
- Plaintiffs are seeking a Bonaire protection plan by April 2027 and CO2 reduction to zero by 2040, arguing major polluters bear historic liability as The Hague District Court set precedent in Urgenda.
- Government lawyers argue the Netherlands' national administration is pursuing greenhouse gas reductions, while climate planning for Bonaire remains an "autonomous task" of local authorities.
- The Netherlands is famed for its flood defenses, but campaigners argue these do not cover overseas territory Bonaire, while Greenpeace calls Wednesday's case a potential global legal precedent after the ICJ ruling.
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The Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire suffers from the consequences of climate change. Now a court ruled: The Netherlands must take measures to protect the island and its inhabitants by 2030.
Court orders Dutch to do more to mitigate climate change impact on Bonaire island
THE HAGUE, Jan 28 - A Dutch court ruled on Wednesday that the state must set binding greenhouse gas emissions targets to reach net zero by 2050 to protect the Dutch-Caribbean island of Bonaire. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The inhabitants of Bonaire, a Dutch island off the coast of Venezuela, are "treated differently from the inhabitants of the European Netherlands, for no valid reason", according to a judgment seen as a precursor to climate justice.
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Netherlands 'insufficiently' protects Caribbean island from climate change: court
The Netherlands "insufficiently" protects the tiny Caribbean territory of Bonaire from climate change, a Dutch court said Wednesday, in what Greenpeace hailed as a "groundbreaking" environmental justice ruling.
Caribbean island wins landmark climate case against Netherlands
A court on Wednesday ordered the Dutch government to draw up a plan to protect residents on the tiny Caribbean island of Bonaire from the devastating effects of climate change – a sweeping victory for the islanders. The Hague District Court, in a stunning rebuke of Dutch authorities, also ruled that the government discriminated against the island’s 20,000 inhabitants by not taking “timely and appropriate measures” to protect them from climate ch…
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