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In cooperation with Greenpeace Netherlands, a group of eight people from Bonaire in the Caribbean have filed a lawsuit against the Netherlands, claiming that the country is violating their human rights by not doing enough to protect them from the climate crisis.
He writes Watchman.
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Bonaire is an island located in the southern Caribbean Sea and is considered a Dutch municipality with special status. With few exceptions, the island was under Dutch rule for several hundred years.
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On the other hand, Dutch islanders do not believe that the country takes care of the island or its people.
On Thursday, a lawsuit was filed in The Hague, Netherlands, demanding that the country be ordered to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a much faster pace and help the most vulnerable regions adapt to climate change.
Most of the people who filed the lawsuit have Dutch citizenship and still live on Bonaire.
The aim of the lawsuit is to pressure the Netherlands to intensify its fight against the climate crisis, so that it also contributes to keeping the temperature below the 1.5 degree target.
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They are demanding robust plans from the government, with input from islanders. This is how they want to preserve the future of Bonaire, so that those who live there today can continue to preserve the cultural heritage and later ensure that new generations also get to experience the island.
Many reports point to the fact that the climate crisis is particularly bad news for many islands in the Caribbean, including the Netherlands.
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Farmworkers report more difficult farming conditions, with temperatures rising and rain falling heavier.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has also conducted research on the island, on behalf of the aforementioned Greenpeace. in the report He concluded that the climate crisis, in addition to rising sea levels, poses a health risk to the island’s residents, contributing to the threat to the entire cultural heritage and tourism.
Bonaire has a rich coral reef life that attracts divers from all over the world. Photo: John A. Anderson/Shutterstock/NTB
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Warn the state
Greenpeace had already notified the Dutch state in May, hoping things would change without legal action.
In October, Finance Minister Alexandra Karla van Heuvelen came up with an official answer.
She stated there that the authorities shared the same concerns, but believed that their climate policy was appropriate, and at the same time recalled that the Netherlands had tightened its climate policy last summer, according to The Guardian.
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