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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Isabella Kaminski

Dutch government discriminated against Bonaire islanders over climate adaptation, court rules

a mangrove tree on the coast of Bonaire: its leaves are lush and green, with its roots in the edge of the water.
Bonaire is particularly vulnerable to sea-level rise, extreme heat and other climate-related impacts. Photograph: Stephan Kogelman/ANP/AFP/Getty

The Dutch government discriminated against people in one of its most vulnerable territories by not helping them adapt to climate change, a court has found.

The judgment, announced on Wednesday in The Hague, chastises the Netherlands for treating people on the island of Bonaire, in the Caribbean, differently to inhabitants of the European part of the country and for not doing its fair share to cut national emissions.

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