Urgenda

urgenda
	Stichting Urgenda
Motto	SAMEN SNELLER DUURZAAM
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.nl

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).

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

Doctor honoris causa of Saint-Louis University, Brussels, 2019[4]

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.

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[1] 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.

[2] Kaminski, Isabella (2019-12-20). "Dutch supreme court upholds landmark ruling demanding climate action". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-25.

[3] "In landmark climate case, Dutch court orders government action on emissions". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-01-25.

[4] 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.