Editing Netherlands (section)

===Climate change===
{{main|Climate change in the Netherlands}}
The Netherlands is already affected by [[climate change]]. The average temperature in the Netherlands rose by more than 2&nbsp;°C from 1901 to 2020.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://cdn.knmi.nl/knmi/asc/klimaatsignaal21/KNMI_Klimaatsignaal21.pdf |title=Klimaatsignaal 21: hoe het klimaat in Nederland snel verandert |publisher=KNMI |year=2021 |location=De Bilt |pages=11 |language=nl |author=Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut}}</ref> Climate change has resulted in increased frequency of droughts and heatwaves. Because significant portions of the Netherlands have been [[Land reclamation in the Netherlands|reclaimed from the sea]] or otherwise are very near sea level, the Netherlands is very vulnerable to [[sea level rise]].

The Netherlands has the fourth largest [[List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita|greenhouse gas emissions per capita]] of the European Union,<ref>{{Cite news |title=EEA greenhouse gases — data viewer — European Environment Agency |url=https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/data-viewers/greenhouse-gases-viewer |access-date=2023-04-04 |newspaper=European Environment Agency |language=en}}</ref> in part due to the large number of cows.<ref name="The Economist">{{Cite news |title=The cucumber Saudis: how the Dutch got too good at farming |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/03/23/the-cucumber-saudis-how-the-dutch-got-too-good-at-farming |access-date=2023-04-04 |issn=0013-0613 |url-access=registration |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323153856/https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/03/23/the-cucumber-saudis-how-the-dutch-got-too-good-at-farming |archive-date=2023-03-23 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Dutch government has set goals to lower emissions in the next few decades. The Dutch response to climate change is driven by a number of unique factors, including larger [[green recovery]] plans by the European Union in the face of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands|COVID-19]] and a [[climate change litigation]] case, [[State of the Netherlands v. Urgenda Foundation]], which created mandatory [[climate change mitigation]] through emissions reductions 25% below 1990 levels.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|date=20 December 2019|title=Netherlands climate change: Court orders bigger cuts in emissions|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50864569|language=English|newspaper=BBC}}</ref><ref name="AP">{{cite web|date=20 December 2019|title=Activists cheer victory in landmark Dutch climate case|url=https://apnews.com/5534fe18ac5352ba43c74c9a64d6a20a|language=English|newspaper=Associated Press}}</ref> In 2021 [[Greenhouse gas|CO<sub>2</sub> emissions]] were down 14% compared to 1990 levels.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Statistiek |first=Centraal Bureau voor de |title=Hoe groot is onze broeikasgasuitstoot? |url=https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/dossier/dossier-broeikasgassen/hoe-groot-is-onze-broeikasgasuitstoot-wat-is-het-doel- |access-date=2023-07-09 |website=Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek |language=nl-NL}}</ref> The goal of the Dutch government is to reduce emissions in 2030 by 49%.<ref>{{cite web|date=2019|title=Long-term strategy on climate mitigation – The Netherlands|url=https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/LTS1_Netherlands.pdf|access-date=16 May 2021|website=unfccc}}</ref>