Tag: Polycentricity
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Stefan Theil: Polycentricity – A Fatal Objection to the Adjudication of Environmental Rights?
In an unprecedented ruling, the Hague District Court has recently compelled the Dutch State to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of the Netherlands by 25% by 2020 based on the emissions levels of 1990. The Urgenda Foundation had successfully argued that the Dutch State was under an obligation to protect its citizens form climate change…