The Netherlands passed a law to protect every citizen from climate change
By Staff Reporter | Jul 24, 2015 03:07 PM EDT
On June 24, 2015, a court in The Hague ordered the Dutch government to act faster in its duty to protect its citizens against the effects of climate change. This marks the first time the issue has been legally declared a state obligation, regardless of arguments that the solution to the global climate problem does not depend on one country’s efforts alone.