"Unrealistic" that Netherlands will achieve climate goals: Council of State
1 year, 1 month ago

"Unrealistic" that Netherlands will achieve climate goals: Council of State

NL Times  

It is unrealistic that the Netherlands will achieve its climate target of emitting at least 55 percent less CO2 by 2030 compared to 1990, the Council of State warned on Thursday. The Cabinet’s most important advisor referred to calculations by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, which show that the climate target will only be achieved if all factors - including the weather and energy market - work out perfectly. Moreover, the outgoing Cabinet would have to implement all current policy intentions “completely and on time.” And these must also have the “maximum effect.” According to Council of State Vice President Thom de Graaf, it is much more realistic that the outgoing Cabinet will achieve the lower target, as the PBL also expects. That means the Netherlands could achieve the recently set EU goal of 42.5 percent renewable energy by 2030, but only if everything goes perfectly.

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The Netherlands in second place on list of countries with best climate policies
3 weeks, 2 days ago

The Netherlands in second place on list of countries with best climate policies

NL Times  

The climate policy of recent years has resulted in the Netherlands being amongst the top tier of the Climate Change Performance Index. Only Denmark scores higher on this annual list that assesses countries on reducing their CO2 emissions, expanding their sustainable energy supply, and their climate policies in general. Researchers from the scientific NewClimate Institute create the index together with …

Dutch government must have a better insight into local climate policy, council advises
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutch government must have a better insight into local climate policy, council advises

NL Times  

The central government should have more insight into the local implementation of climate and energy policy, says the Council for Public Administration. If a decentralized government does not act forcefully enough, the central government does not have a "stick behind the door", the ROB notes. In addition, according to the ROB, it would be good if the various levels of …

Dutch companies less climate ambitious and innovative: study
1 year, 1 month ago

Dutch companies less climate ambitious and innovative: study

NL Times  

A portion of Dutch businesses is postponing their climate ambitions, according to researchers from the University of Amsterdam. The latest edition of the Dutch Innovation Monitor reveals that the number of companies aiming to become climate-neutral by 2030 has decreased by 4 percentage points. The study also found an increasing number of businesses intending to nearly eliminate their impact on …

Dutch greenhouse gas emissions cut by 7.9% last year over high gas prices
1 year, 3 months ago

Dutch greenhouse gas emissions cut by 7.9% last year over high gas prices

NL Times  

Last year, greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands were 7.9 percent lower than in 2021, mainly due to the high gas prices resulting in lower consumption, the RIVM reported on Friday. Due to the decrease, greenhouse gas emissions were 30 percent lower in 2022 than in 1990, achieving the climate target the court set for the Netherlands in a lawsuit …

Dutch people want firm and clear climate policy, says report
1 year, 5 months ago

Dutch people want firm and clear climate policy, says report

NL Times  

The Dutch are generally in favor of a decisive climate policy, even if the interventions are painful. Chairman of the National Climate Platform, Kees Vendrik, writes in his first 'signal report' and a letter to Climate Minister Rob Jetten that the Cabinet would do well to set a clear and firm course. "It is better to have a clear course, …

EU told to slash greenhouse gas emissions 90-95% by 2040
1 year, 6 months ago

EU told to slash greenhouse gas emissions 90-95% by 2040

India Today  

The European Union should commit to slash its net greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 95% by 2040, official advisers said on Thursday, as Brussels prepares a new goal to curb Europe's contribution to climate change. The European Commission is drafting what would be the EU's first legally binding emissions-cutting target for 2040, aimed at guiding the world's third-biggest …

Renewable energy rose slightly to 15% in the Netherlands in 2022; Halfway towards target
1 year, 6 months ago

Renewable energy rose slightly to 15% in the Netherlands in 2022; Halfway towards target

NL Times  

Renewable energy’s share in the Netherlands’ total energy consumption climbed to 15 percent last year, up from 13 percent in 2021. Renewable energy consumption amounted to 277 petajoules in 2022, 6 percent more than a year earlier. Solar energy consumption grew by 45 percent to 62 PJ last year, primarily due to the installation of more solar panels. Wind energy …

Netherlands' climate targets at risk as EU blocks sustainable aviation fuels ambitions
1 year, 7 months ago

Netherlands' climate targets at risk as EU blocks sustainable aviation fuels ambitions

NL Times  

The Dutch government can’t oblige the aviation sector to use 14 percent sustainable aviation fuels by 2030, the European Commission determined. The setback puts the Netherlands’ climate targets at risk, Stefan Grebe of CE Delft told the Volkskrant. In 2019, the Dutch government, therefore, agreed with the aviation sector that its fuel consumption would consist of at least 14 percent …

Dutch greenhouse gas emissions down 9% in 2022 achieving court ordered target
1 year, 9 months ago

Dutch greenhouse gas emissions down 9% in 2022 achieving court ordered target

NL Times  

Last year, the Netherlands emitted 9 percent less greenhouse gasses than in 2021, Statistics Netherlands reported on Wednesday. In 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that the Netherlands’ greenhouse gas emissions must be at least 25 percent lower than in 1990 every year. According to the statistics office, citizens and businesses made “significant cutbacks” in their gas usage due to the …

The Netherlands faces power outages in the future, grid operator says
1 year, 11 months ago

The Netherlands faces power outages in the future, grid operator says

Dutch News  

Dutch electricity grid company Tennet has warned that the Netherlands is facing a looming electricity shortage and says that outages may well break official limits from 2030. In addition, with coal, gas and nuclear power plants closing across Europe, the Netherlands will be less likely to get support from its neighbouring countries if problems arise, Tennet said. ‘It is therefore …

The Netherlands faces power outages in the future, grid operator says
1 year, 11 months ago

The Netherlands faces power outages in the future, grid operator says

Dutch News  

Dutch electricity grid company Tennet has warned that the Netherlands is facing a looming electricity shortage and says that outages may well break official limits from 2030. In addition, with coal, gas and nuclear power plants closing across Europe, the Netherlands will be less likely to get support from its neighbouring countries if problems arise, Tennet said. ‘It is therefore …

Dutch PM promises €100 million to Africa for climate adaption
2 years, 1 month ago

Dutch PM promises €100 million to Africa for climate adaption

NL Times  

The Netherlands will push 100 million euros into the Africa Adaption Acceleration Program, a program aimed at helping African countries adapt to climate change, Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. “The African continent is on the frontline of a climate emergency it did not create.” “For Africa’s sake - and for the whole world …

Dutch government will miss climate targets even with new plans: Planning office
2 years, 1 month ago

Dutch government will miss climate targets even with new plans: Planning office

NL Times  

Even with its newly announced climate plans, the Dutch Cabinet will not achieve the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030. The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency has calculated that with its additional plans, emissions will be reduced by between 41 and 52 percent compared to 1990 levels. The planning office did not include measures where researchers …

UN calls for energy sector overhaul to avoid climate catastrophe
2 years, 1 month ago

UN calls for energy sector overhaul to avoid climate catastrophe

Al Jazeera  

The United Nations has found that only a swift system-wide transformation of the energy sector can stave off the most devastating effects of climate change, as projections show current pledges offer “no credible pathway” to limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. “Only a root-and-branch transformation of our economies and societies can save us from accelerating climate disaster.” The UN’s climate …

UN says countries’ climate plans ‘nowhere near’ 1.5C goal
2 years, 1 month ago

UN says countries’ climate plans ‘nowhere near’ 1.5C goal

Al Jazeera  

Head of UN Climate Change says governments need to strengthen their climate plans and implement them in the next eight years. A new report by the United Nations has warned that the climate plans from governments worldwide remain insufficient to limit rising temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius as set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. “We are still nowhere near …

Rich countries fail to strengthen climate plans ahead of UN deadline
2 years, 2 months ago

Rich countries fail to strengthen climate plans ahead of UN deadline

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Australia was one of the G20 countries that significantly upped its ambition, submitting a new target of reducing greenhouse …

Netherlands failed to achieve court-ordered environmental targets last year
2 years, 9 months ago

Netherlands failed to achieve court-ordered environmental targets last year

NL Times  

The Netherlands failed to emit 25 percent less greenhouse gasses last year than in 1990. In 2019, the highest court ruled in a case brought by environmental group Urgenda that emissions must be a quarter lower than in 1990 every year from 2020. Greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture were also higher due to the relatively cold and less sunny first …

30,000 more people needed if climate goals are to be reached
2 years, 9 months ago

30,000 more people needed if climate goals are to be reached

NL Times  

Tens of thousands of specialized workers will be needed if the Netherlands wants to achieve its climate goals. This is why more people are needed, according to Menno van Benthem, a senior consultant at Ecorys. The origin of the problem is mainly demographic: birth rates are falling in the Netherlands, meaning fewer people enter education. In the short term, employing …

The Netherlands reaches climate target, but luck played a major role
2 years, 10 months ago

The Netherlands reaches climate target, but luck played a major role

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has reached climate targets imposed by the courts in the Urgenda ruling, but the decline is more down to luck than policy, campaign groups say. In 2019, the Supreme Court ordered the Netherlands to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25.5% in 2020 when compared with 1990 and this target has been reached, according to calculations by national statistics …

The Netherlands reaches climate target, but luck played a major role
2 years, 10 months ago

The Netherlands reaches climate target, but luck played a major role

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has reached climate targets imposed by the courts in the Urgenda ruling, but the decline is more down to luck than policy, campaign groups say. In 2019, the Supreme Court ordered the Netherlands to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25.5% in 2020 when compared with 1990 and this target has been reached, according to calculations by national statistics …

Court-ordered climate goal reached; Coincidence due to pandemic, activists say
2 years, 10 months ago

Court-ordered climate goal reached; Coincidence due to pandemic, activists say

NL Times  

The climate target imposed by the court on the Dutch government was achieved. Greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 were 25.5 percent lower than in 1990, according to final figures published by Statistics Netherlands and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment. By 2020, emissions of CO2 and other gases that contributed to global warming had to be reduced …

NL won't achieve climate goals even in most favorable scenario: Planning office
3 years, 1 month ago

NL won't achieve climate goals even in most favorable scenario: Planning office

NL Times  

The Netherlands is still not on track to achieve its climate goals for the coming years. On the eve of the climate summit in Glasgow, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency calculated that the current plans will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by between 38 and 48 percent by 2030 compared to 1990. The Climate Act states that emissions must be reduced …

Dutch politics need to wake up and deal with climate crisis: Council of State
3 years, 1 month ago

Dutch politics need to wake up and deal with climate crisis: Council of State

NL Times  

The Council of State called on the Cabinet to take additional measures "urgently" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is "irresponsible" that the objectives of the Climate Act are "disappearing out of sight," according to the most important adviser to the Cabinet and parliament. According to the Council of State, floods in Limburg this past summer underline climate change already …

Thousands of Dutch companies won't achieve climate goals: report
3 years, 1 month ago

Thousands of Dutch companies won't achieve climate goals: report

NL Times  

Tens of thousands of companies in the Netherlands don't expect to be climate neutral by the end of this century, Financieele Dagblad reported based on the 2021 Innovation Monitor by the University of Amsterdam and SEO Economic Research. But based on the Netherlands 1.9 million companies, FD calculated that at least tens of thousands of companies will not achieve the …

EU climate policy will have 'significant consequences' for NL
3 years, 2 months ago

EU climate policy will have 'significant consequences' for NL

Dutch News  

The European Commission’s climate change plans will have ‘significant consequences’ for Dutch climate and energy policy and will partly require a change of course, the Dutch environmental assessment agency PBL said on Friday in a new report. In addition, goals for green hydrogen use, energy saving and renewable energy for heating and cooling will also present a ‘hefty task’ for …

EU climate policy will have 'significant consequences' for NL
3 years, 2 months ago

EU climate policy will have 'significant consequences' for NL

Dutch News  

The European Commission’s climate change plans will have ‘significant consequences’ for Dutch climate and energy policy and will partly require a change of course, the Dutch environmental assessment agency PBL said on Friday in a new report. In addition, goals for green hydrogen use, energy saving and renewable energy for heating and cooling will also present a ‘hefty task’ for …

Europe asks Netherlands to set more ambitious climate targets
3 years, 3 months ago

Europe asks Netherlands to set more ambitious climate targets

NL Times  

The European Fit for 55 climate package requires the Netherlands to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions more by 2030 than the Netherlands' current Climate Agreement will achieve, the Netherlands' Environmental Assessment Agency said on Friday. Parliament asked the PBL to analyze what the Fit for 55 package, the joint climate goals for the EU, means for the Netherlands, NU.nl reports. …

Dutch PM calls climate report "very worrying"
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch PM calls climate report "very worrying"

NL Times  

Prime Minister Mark Rutte called the new IPCC report on the climate, which said that rising sea levels are unavoidable among other things, "very worrying". State Secretary Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius of Climate and Energy said that other countries need to set stricter climate targets, ANP reports. The report "makes it even more clear that we must significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions …

Enough electric cars in the Netherlands by 2030 to reach climate goals
3 years, 8 months ago

Enough electric cars in the Netherlands by 2030 to reach climate goals

NL Times  

By 2030, there will be enough affordable electric cars in the Netherlands to reach the goals set in the Climate Agreement, a study by financial advisor PwC showed. By the end of the decade, the PwC predicts 1.9 million electric passenger cars will drive on Dutch rounds, meaning that one in five will be electrically powered. “Car manufacturers are fully …

The Netherlands joins movement to end use of fossil fuel cars by 2030
3 years, 9 months ago

The Netherlands joins movement to end use of fossil fuel cars by 2030

NL Times  

Together with eight other EU countries, the Netherlands asked the European Commission to increase measures to get fossil fuel cars off Europe's roads and so contribute to the reduction of CO2-emissions. “If the goal of CO2 neutrality by 2050 is to be attained, the production of vehicles with combustion engines needs to be stopped by 2030 when you take into …

No country doing enough to meet goals of Paris Agreement, says climate report
4 years ago

No country doing enough to meet goals of Paris Agreement, says climate report

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Still no country is doing enough to keep global temperature rise well below 2C – …

European Commission to propose more ambitious 2030 climate goal: Document
4 years, 3 months ago

European Commission to propose more ambitious 2030 climate goal: Document

India Today  

The European Commission will propose that the European Union sets a 2030 target of cutting its net greenhouse gas emissions by “at least 55%” against 1990 levels, according to an internal document seen by Reuters. Already well on the way to meeting its current climate target of a 40% cut by 2030, the EU wants to set a more ambitious …

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