The lawyers for the Netherlands should ask in court if these Dutch folks have given up their own use of fossil fuels and will stop all shipping of goods to the island, and stop all tourism, since that is the primary part of their economy
Dutch Caribbean islanders sue Netherlands over climate change
Eight people from the Caribbean island of Bonaire are suing the Netherlands, accusing it of violating their human rights by not doing enough to protect them from the climate crisis.
The group, with Greenpeace Netherlands, filed a formal legal challenge against the Dutch government in The Hague on Thursday, asking the district court to order it to cut its greenhouse emissions much more quickly and to help its most vulnerable territories adapt to the impact of the climate crisis.
As a low-lying island, Bonaire is likely to experience serious consequences from climate change, including extreme weather and sea-level rise.
“Likely to.” So, it’s not happening now?
The KNMI report concludes that climate policy that focuses on reducing emissions can make a big difference to the future of Dutch Caribbean islands such as Bonaire.
OK, no more flights to their international airport, no more cruise ships, no more fossil fueled vehicles and boats.
Research by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, commissioned by Greenpeace, shows sea-level rise is likely to permanently submerge parts of the island by 2050, a problem exacerbated by the loss of coral reefs as a natural buffer against the oceans warming and acidifying.
Interestingly, there are no measurements for the actual sea level rise in that area. The closest nation, Venezuela, has none. Columbia’s haven’t been updated for decades. Isn’t always interesting how these doomsayers never have actual data?
Our esteemed host quoted:
Does a district court in Holland have the authority to order the national government to change its policies?
I have been to Bonaire 2X (1977-78) for diving and loved it. Good people but everything is expensive as everything has to be shipped in. They have/had a water problem. Most of their water came from cistern’s. They installed a desalination plant (1975) but most people stopped using the plants water because of the cost. They had an oil trans shipment point (don’t know if it still in use). Without oil and products the island would die.