Urgenda
Stichting Urgenda | |
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| Formation | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Jan Rotmans, Marjan Minnesma |
| Founded at | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Type | Stichting (Foundation under netherlands law) |
| Purpose | Climate change mitigation, environmental protection, sustainability |
| Website | urgenda |
Urgenda is a nonprofit foundation (Stichting) in The Netherlands which aims to help enforce national, European and international environment treaties. In 2013, Urgenda filed a lawsuit against the state of the Netherlands – respectively also against the government – at the court of Den Haag, to force them to make more effective policies that reduce the amount of emissions, with the aim to protect the people of the Netherlands against the effects of climate change and pollution.
History
The name Urgenda is a portmanteau of the words urgente (urgent) and agenda. It was founded in 2007 by Jan Rotmans (professor at the Erasmus University (Rotterdam) and Marjan Minnesma (lawyer, economic scientist und philosopher).[citation needed]
Success in court case against the government
On 20 december 2019 Urgenda won the case against the Netherlands finally at the highest court, the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden.[1][2][3]
Awards
References
- ^ Schwartz, John (2019-12-20). "In 'Strongest' Climate Ruling Yet, Dutch Court Orders Leaders to Take Action". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ Kaminski, Isabella (2019-12-20). "Dutch supreme court upholds landmark ruling demanding climate action". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ "In landmark climate case, Dutch court orders government action on emissions". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ Libre.be, La (2019-10-01). "Elle fait condamner le gouvernement néerlandais pour sa politique climatique : "Il a le devoir de protéger ses citoyens"". www.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-26.