Global Briefing: Campaigners hail 'historic' Dutch climate court victory

Michael Holder
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Historic victory for Dutch climate campaigners, fears for EU overfishing, and all the green business news you may have missed this week

Victory for Dutch campaigners in 'historic' climate court case In landmark decision today the Supreme Court of the Netherlands has upheld a lower court ruling that the country's government must take...

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