On 20 December 2019, the Dutch Supreme Court, the highest court in the Netherlands, upheld the previous decisions in the so called Urgenda Climate Case, finding that the Dutch government has obligations to urgently and significantly reduce emissions in line with its human rights obligations.

The Urgenda Climate Case against the Dutch Government was the first in the world in which citizens established that their government has a legal duty to prevent dangerous climate change. On 24 June 2015, the District Court of The Hague ruled the government must cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% by the end of 2020 (compared to 1990 levels).

The ruling required the government to immediately take more effective action on climate change. For Euronews Unreported Europe reporter Hans von der Brelie wants to find out who is behind this unique case and what is done in the Netherlands to cut the CO2 emissions by at least 25%.

With Marjan Minnesma, the founder of the Urgenda Foundation, Hans visits places in the Netherlands where innovations that fight CO2 emissions are tried out. A solar bike patch on the island Texel, a durable waste processing plant, an energy neutral home, a durable pig farmer from the caring farmers group and the durable egg producer Kipster. He also interviews the minister of economic affairs and climate and communications consultant, activist and sustainable entrepreneur Maurits Groen.

For this 20 minute reportage Featurez gave advice, did the research, set up and planning of the filming, booked a cameraman, accompanied the filming and did the translations.

The full 20 minute Euronews reportage about the Climate Case is published on the Featurez.com video page.