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

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 …

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

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 …

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Dutch greenhouse emissions rose 2.1% last year, after an 8.8% decline in 2020, national statistics office CBS said on Wednesday. The 2020 figures were just in line with the Urgenda limit at 25.5%, the CBS said last month. The CBS said on Wednesday that emissions rose last year because of an increase in the use of gas, following the colder …

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 …

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 …