Bonaire locals and Greenpeace to sue Dutch government on climate change

Greenpeace and seven individual plaintiffs from Bonaire are launching a lawsuit to hold the Dutch state legally responsible for failing to do enough to protect against climate change, which they say threatens the vulnerable island. Greenpeace says that this is the first such claim against a European government. The environmental group and plaintiffs intend to demand that the Netherlands meets its ‘fair share’ in reducing greenhouse gas emissions – by extension, helping to protect the island, which since 2010 has...