{"id":64732,"date":"2024-01-11T14:24:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T13:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=64732"},"modified":"2024-12-16T17:08:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T16:08:58","slug":"bonaire-climate-justice-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/64732\/bonaire-climate-justice-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"The courageous people demanding climate justice for Bonaire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One thing is clear from the momentum gained by the climate justice movement in 2023<\/a>: the climate crisis is a human rights crisis, and people have the power to demand the world’s governments to take urgent climate action. <\/p>\n\n

Eight courageous citizens of the Dutch-Caribbean island of Bonaire, together with Greenpeace Netherlands, are doing exactly that, by taking the Dutch State to Court, for human rights violations and insufficient climate action. The Dutch State must protect the human rights of all its citizens and amp up climate action. <\/p>\n\n

\"Danique,
Residents of the Dutch Caribbean island Bonaire are launching a legal case with Greenpeace Netherlands against the Dutch government to protect their island against climate change.
\u00a9 Ro\u00eblton Thod\u00e9 \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Scientific consensus shows that the climate crisis is already affecting the human rights of people in the Caribbean and every additional increment of global warming will have a severe impact on people\u2019s lives, homes, jobs and health. Governments must protect human rights affected by climate change by limiting global warming as much as possible and keeping the world’s average temperature rise under 1.5 degrees Celsius. <\/p>\n\n

Together, people from Bonaire and Greenpeace Netherlands demand two things: their government, the Netherlands, must do its fair share to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius and therefore reduce carbon emissions faster, and the Netherlands must protect the people of Bonaire against the impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n\n

Here are some of the stories behind the lawsuit calling for climate justice in Bonaire.<\/p>\n\n

\"Danique
Residents of the Dutch Caribbean island Bonaire are launching a legal case with Greenpeace Netherlands against the Dutch government to protect their island against climate change.
\u00a9 Ro\u00eblton Thod\u00e9 \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Danique Martis, social worker and plaintiff<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

\u201cThe Caribbean Netherlands has been forgotten for too long. There are plans in place to protect the European Netherlands against sea-level rise and other consequences of the climate crisis, but for Bonaire, this is not yet the case. It saddens me to see how, despite knowing their responsibility, the Dutch government has chosen to push our right to life and our safety aside. For this reason, we are going to the court, so they have no choice but to act. \u201d  <\/p>\n\n

\"Judmar
Residents of the Dutch Caribbean island Bonaire are launching a legal case with Greenpeace Netherlands against the Dutch government to protect their island against climate change.
\u00a9 Ro\u00eblton Thod\u00e9 \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Judmar Emerenciana, graphic designer and plaintiff<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

“We are at risk of losing our culture. I don’t want the slave huts to end up underwater, with us thinking in the future, ‘We could have prevented this\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\"Bonaire
Kjelld Masoud Kroon, plaintiff. Greenpeace and residents of Bonaire launch legal action to protect the island in the climate crisis.
\u00a9 Marten van Dijl \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Kjelld Kroon, program creator and plaintiff<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

“Climate change is happening right now on Bonaire. It\u2019s getting increasingly hot and the rain showers are more frequent and more extreme. These downpours are causing flooding, inundating many houses. Including my mother’s house. The time for talking is over, we have to act. I don\u2019t want to have to wait any longer and that\u2019s why I\u2019m taking action today.”<\/p>\n\n

Andy Palmen, executive director of Greenpeace Netherlands<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

“It shouldn\u2019t matter whether you live on Bonaire, on Ameland or in Valkenburg. It\u2019s the Dutch government\u2019s duty to protect all of us from the consequences of the climate crisis. Bonaire is being hit hard by rising sea levels, heat waves and the deterioration of its coral reefs. The government must reduce global warming as much as possible, and right now it\u2019s failing to do so. We demand more protective measures for Bonaire, and we want the Dutch government to speed up the reduction of carbon emissions from the whole of the Netherlands. This is the right thing to do.”<\/p>\n\n

\"Onnie,
Residents of the Dutch Caribbean island Bonaire are launching a legal case with Greenpeace Netherlands against the Dutch government to protect their island against climate change.
\u00a9 Ro\u00eblton Thod\u00e9 \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

What can you do to support Bonaire?<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n

Across the globe, the climate justice movement is growing. You can help it grow stronger by sharing far and wide the stories of the courageous communities and individuals taking action for their human rights everywhere! <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t

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We act with hope and determination. We take on the impossible. We are everyday people connected around the world, embarking on a billion acts of courage.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t \n Join us today\n <\/a>\n \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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