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Marjan Minnesma: The Dutch climate activist celebrated by those she sued

Marjan Minnesma: The Dutch climate activist celebrated by those she sued

It’s not often that governments honour someone who sued them. But Marjan Minnesma, founder and director of Dutch NGO Urgenda, who not only fought the Dutch state in court but won, inspired the kind of adulation that you might only expect from a more obsequious ally. Minnesma’s death
Isabella Kaminski Jun 12, 2026
Netherlands: Court allows Greenpeace anti-SLAPP case to proceeed

Netherlands: Court allows Greenpeace anti-SLAPP case to proceeed

Isabella Kaminski Jun 12, 2026

Netherlands: Supreme Court hears Milieudefensie v Shell appeal

Isabella Kaminski May 26, 2026
Leaders and academics emphasise climate cooperation as legal obligation

Leaders and academics emphasise climate cooperation as legal obligation

States have a legal obligation to work together to phase out fossil fuels, leaders and legal experts have stressed during inaugural talks on phasing out fossil fuels in Colombia. There was a strong focus on science at the Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels conference, held in the port city of
Isabella Kaminski May 14, 2026

Netherlands: Port of Rotterdam formally challenged over climate plan

Isabella Kaminski May 14, 2026

Netherlands: Greenpeace starts legal action against JBS

Isabella Kaminski May 14, 2026
Netherlands: Milieudefensie formally files second claim against Shell

Netherlands: Milieudefensie formally files second claim against Shell

Isabella Kaminski Apr 22, 2026

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