for the emissions not covered by the EU ETS, the emission reduction commitments are shared
between the 28 Member States through individual national GHG targets.
In June 2015, the Dutch government faced judgment in the The Hague District Court in the case
filed by Urgenda on the overall national reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands
by 2020. The court ruled that by 2020, the Dutch government should have reduced national
greenhouse gas emissions by 25% compared to the 1990 levels. Pending the government's appeal
against this decision, it was obliged to start implementing the judgment. In October 2018, the The
Hague Court of Appeal ruled in the case between Urgenda and the Dutch State that greenhouse
gas emissions must have been reduced by at least 25% compared to the level of 1990 by the end
of 2020. With this judgment, the Court of Appeal upheld the judgment of the The Hague District
Court in the climate case.
In June 2019 in conjunction with the draft Climate Agreement the Minister of Economic Affairs