Dutch Court Ruling on Human Rights Obligations to Halt Climate Case

Expand A man walks past an inflatable Earth at the Adaptation Futures Climate Conference on May 11, 2016 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. © 2016 Michel Porro/Getty Images An appeals court in the Netherlands yesterday upheld a ruling that the Dutch government needs to step up its efforts to fight climate change. The High Court of The Hague ordered the government to reduce carbon emissions by at least 25 percent by end-2020. What makes the judgment stand out is the Court’s ruling that the government failed to fulfill its obligations related to the rights to life and private life set out in the…

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