The Netherlands is slashing emissions by as much as 12 megatons this year—because of a lawsuit
After losing a final appeal on a 2015 lawsuit, the Dutch government is being forced to invest billions to put itself on a path to be carbon neutral by 2050.
As the Trump administration continues to roll back climate policy in the U.S., including changes to clean car rules that will allow cars to emit nearly a billion tons more carbon dioxide than they otherwise would have, the Netherlands is moving in the other direction, rolling out a set of new policies that will drastically cut emissions this year and put the country well on the path to its goal of becoming climate neutral by 2050.