# Supreme Court upholds Urgenda climate order against the Dutch state

Date: 2019

On 20 December 2019 the Hoge Raad upheld an order that the state cut emissions faster. [Rutte](/people/mark-rutte)’s cabinets were the defendant. The judgment is a constitutional climate check, not a personal fine.

## People

- Mark Rutte: https://factrail.ai/people/mark-rutte

## Drivers

- Decarbonization and climate-mitigation policy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/env-decarbonization-policy

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-netherlands-idUSKBN1YO1G4/
- https://www.rechtspraak.nl/Organisatie-en-contact/Organisatie/Hoge-Raad-der-Nederlanden/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/nl-urgenda-2019