Netherlands May Use Climate Fund to Cover Potential Fines

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The Dutch government is preparing for new climate lawsuits and may want to pay any resulting fines from the climate fund. This is according to research by the radio program Argos and the television program Wat houden ons tegen? (What's stopping us?), in collaboration with the newspaper Trouw and the investigative platform Investico. The investigative journalists jointly requested internal documents from the Ministry of Finance under the Open Gov…

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Failure to meet climate targets has no hard legal consequences. At least, that's the impression the government gives externally. Internally, officials warn of painful consequences and recommend paying penalty payments from the Climate Fund.

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The government has done too little to achieve the climate goals, the government expects lawsuits soon and wants to be able to get money from the Climate Fund to pay court fines