US reduces emissions in 2023 – but not fast enough: report
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Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Amsterdam on Sunday, demanding the Dutch government take stronger action against climate change.
Organisers estimated 40,000 people turned out for the protest, despite poor weather conditions.
“Our government must opt for real solutions for families, young people, small entrepreneurs, employees and farmers,” environmental organisation Milieudefensie said on its website.
“The big polluters have to pay fairly…The climate is not waiting.”
Wow! Massaal zijn mensen naar Amsterdam gekomen. 40.000 mensen op de been voor de #Klimaatmars. Nog steeds komen mensen richting Amsterdam. De mars is aan het lopen en de eerste mensen zijn op de eindhalte Museumplein. Definitieve inschatting van aantal deelnemers volgt nog. pic.twitter.com/ZDMWZ5jFUR
— Milieudefensie (@milieudefensie) March 10, 2019
Banners carried throughout the demonstration shared a range of messages, challenging the government to “change the system,” or “down with borders, up with forests,” and one that simply read: “help.”
Went on a HUGE (and very funky) climate march in Amsterdam today, ahead of a work conference here. There’s people like us all over the world, fighting for our future – and there are more and more of us all the time. There’s momentum like I’ve never known. ✊?? #klimaatmars pic.twitter.com/4HEzv1nr9N
— Adam McGibbon (@AdamMcGibbon) March 10, 2019
According to a January report from the Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency, the Netherlands was trailing far behind climate targets set for 2020.
Heleen de Coninck, a Dutch climate change researcher and a lead author on a recent report for the UN’s Intergovernmental Panal on Climate Change (IPCC), said on Sunday “the world is changing fast, no matter how you turn it.”
“With amitious climate policy or without,” she said. “The Netherlands will never be the same again.”
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