Dutch pressed to double pace of emissions cuts

Environment agency says gas-dependent nation needs to dig deeper and introduce more measures to reduce GHG emissions

The Netherlands must double its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in order to meet its 2030 climate target, according to the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) in its annual check of the country’s progress in reducing emissions. The traditionally natural gas-dependent nation is legally bound to reduce its GHG emissions by 49pc below 1990 levels by the end of this decade. Under current and proposed emissions policies, GHG reductions by 2030 will fall 15 percentage points short of the 49pc target, the PBL says in its Climate and Energy Outlook 2020. “The good news is that emissions output in the Netherlands is declining. The bad news is that the pace of that decli