Climate Minister unveils new plan to cut emissions, but critics doubt feasibility

It is clear that the ministry believes it can save around 10 megatons of CO2 emissions. The question is whether that is enough for the legal climate target.

Climate Minister unveils new plan to cut emissions, but critics doubt feasibility

Minister Sophie Hermans of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy presented a new climate package on Saturday, designed to reduce emissions, lower energy costs in the Netherlands, and decrease the country’s reliance on foreign energy. However, early reactions suggest that the plan is unlikely to be enough to meet the Netherlands' legally binding 2030 climate target, NOS reports.

With the climate plans of minister Sophie Hermans, the cabinet is once again choosing polluters, according to Oxfam Novib, Natuur & Milieu and the Jonge Klimaatbeweging. "Under pressure from the business community, her own party VVD and coalition partners PVV and BBB, the minister is allocating half a billion euros for fossil subsidies to Dutch industry," says Oxfam Novib.

The cabinet has agreed to the climate plans of bag carrier Ikbensophie Hermans - proposals that are necessary to reduce CO2 emissions and achieve climate goals. A few points: the motor vehicle tax for electric cars will be increased less quickly, an emergency plan must be developed to expand the electricity grid and large companies that use a lot of energy will receive a soupsidie. All this is just muddling through & of course doesn't amount to …