4 september 2025
yesterday, the Dutch Parliament debates climate and energy under a new legal reality. In our letter to the Committee on Climate and Green Growth, we set out why current Dutch policy violates international obligations. The International Court of Justice has made clear that states must align with the 1.5 °C limit. That means: no new fossil projects, a stronger Climate Act, and urgent action to protect people and future generations. In the debate, the minister of Climate and Green Growth has promised to respond to the advisory opinion and the concerns mentioned in our letter.
Read the letter here
19 august 2025
Read the full article: "Pompen of verzuipen: Wat te doen met het Noordzeegas?"
8 august 2025
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21 july 2025
De Volkskrant published an editorial by Maikel van Wissen highlighting how rolling back wind energy projects makes the Dutch government legally vulnerable and undermines climate goals. Courts have ruled: align with the 1.5 °C pathway or face consequences. This new initiave is therefore not just policy failure, it is a legal risk.
18 June 2025
Despite our earlier call, the Rotterdam Port Authority refuses to come up with concrete plans to reduce the port’s emissions and phase out fossil activities.
Yet more ambitious plans are urgently needed. Not only to reduce the port’s severe impact on climate change, but also to safeguard jobs and the economy in the long run.
27 February 2025
In only a couple of years, the Netherlands has become the 2nd largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Europe, accounting for 14% of the total import in Europe in 2024. One of the largest LNG terminals in Europe is located in the port of Rotterdam and is currently being expanded, notwithstanding its huge contribution to climate change.
24 February 2025
Together with more than 50 civil society organisations, we sent an urgent letter to Commissioner Jørgensen, raising deep concerns about the EU’s potential plans to invest in foreign LNG and fossil gas export infrastructure in exchange for long-term contracts and lower gas prices, as revealed by the first draft of the Affordable Energy Action Plan.
11 February 2025
De gemeente Rotterdam en de provincie Zuid-Holland roepen het kabinet op om met investeringen voor de Rotterdamse haven te komen. De oproep van de bestuurders lijkt een paniekreactie te zijn en geeft vooralsnog geen blijk van een lange termijn visie.
24 January 2025
Greenpeace has secured a significant victory for biodiversity protection. The Court of The Hague has ordered the Dutch State to intensify its efforts to protect biodiversity and meet the statutory nitrogen reduction targets for 2030.
16 December 2024
The Port of Rotterdam Authority published a formal response to CE Delft's analysis of the greenhouse emissions of the Port of Rotterdam and the climate plans of the Port of Rotterdam Authority.
16 December 2024
A new report, by CE Delft shows that the Port of Rotterdam is the largest emitter of CO2e in the Netherlands, facilitating emissions comparable to 60 times the total emissions reported by Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, one of the largest airports in Europe.
16 December 2024
The Minister of Climate Policy and Green Growth, Sophie Hermans, responded to parliamentary questions raised by member of parliament Christine Teunissen (Partij voor de Dieren) following our op-ed in NRC.
29 November 2024
Talking business with the CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority today: we sat down with Boudewijn Siemons to discuss the enormous contribution of the port of Rotterdam to climate change.
13 November 2024
Dutch Court of Appeal rules that private companies like Shell are legally responsible for dangerous climate change.
30 October 2024
In an op-ed in the Dutch leading newspaper NRC our colleagues Hannah Prins and Maikel van Wissen argue that the Port of Rotterdam needs a plan for a fossil phase-out in the port.
30 October 2024
A group of concerned young people, supported by Advocates for the Future, handed over an urgent letter to the board of the Port of Rotterdam Authority. In the letter, which was co-signed by more than 40 social organisations, the young people express their concerns about the climate crisis.
2 October 2024
The Dutch Advertising Board ruled that MSC Cruises misled customers about the (negative) climate impact of cruising.
16 May 2024 - The Dutch Association for Corporate Lawyers (NGB), together with law firm Van Doorne, organised a seminar about ESG compliance. Advocates for the Future opened the seminar with a discussion on ESG risks for companies and the risk of legal interventions by public interest groups. Read more about the seminar here.
15 May 2024 - We presented our report "LNG [G]een goed idee - Hoe aanbieders van cruisereizen LNG ten onrechte aanprijzen als een klimaatoplossing” (in Dutch) to the Rotterdam city council. We are calling upon the members of the city council to take note of the report's findings and to develop policies contributing to genuinely sustainable solutions. You can read our letter to the members of the Rotterdam city council here.
29 April 2024 - Advocates for the Future together with its partners Fossielvrij NL and Reclamejagers files a complaint to the Dutch Advertising Board about misleading advertising of fossil LNG as 'green' fuel. The complaint is made against MSC Cruises, one of the world's biggest and fastest growing cruise companies. Read our press release here.
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