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=== Box 13.8 | An Example of Systemic Climate Litigation: Urgenda vs State of the Netherlands ===

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The judgement in ''Urgenda vs State of the Netherlands'' established the linkage between a state’s international duty, domestic actions, and human rights commitments as to the recommendations of IPCC’s AR5 ( [[#Burgers--2019|Burgers and Staal 2019]] ; [[#Antonopoulos--2020|Antonopoulos 2020]] ). It was the first to impose a specific emissions reduction target on a state ( [[#de%20Graaf--2015|de Graaf and Jans 2015]] ; [[#%20Cox--2016|Cox 2016]] ; [[#Loth--2016|Loth 2016]] ). The District Court of The Hague ordered the Dutch Government to reduce emissions by at least 25% by the end of 2020. Following the decision of the district court of The Hague in 2015 the Dutch government announced that it would adopt additional measures to achieve the 25% emissions reduction target by 2020 ( [[#Mayer--2019|Mayer 2019]] ). The decision was upheld by the Court of Appeal in 2018 and the Supreme Court in 2019. Since the first judgment in 2015 significant changes in the climate policy environment have been reported, the results of which have included the introduction of a Climate Act and the decision to close all remaining coal fired power plants by 2030 ( [[#Verschuuren--2019|Verschuuren 2019]] ; [[#Wonneberger--2021|Wonneberger and Vliegenthart 2021]] ).

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