Documents - Environment, climate and energy

In Public Hands

The Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy has not adequately explained why he is charging the state owned enterprises ...

Report | 24-06-2021

Protecting drinking water against geothermal risks

Still waters in deep grounds The government inadequately protects drinking water aquifers against the risks of drilling for ...

Report | 17-06-2021

An invisible problem

Poor quality of data on environmental crime and offences Typing errors, records entered under different names and inconsistent ...

Report | 20-01-2021

Vehicle taxes as a policy instrument

Impact of electric cars and commercial vehicles on tax revenues, air quality and the climate  Tax incentives for electric cars ...

Report | 24-06-2020

Vehicle taxation as a policy instrument

Vehicle taxes raised approximately €16.6 billion for the Dutch government in 2018. They consist of car and motorcycle tax (BPM), ...

Report | 27-11-2019

Livestock manure policy

Sustainable livestock farming: follow-up audit 2019 The Netherlands Court of Audit has audited the livestock farming sector’s ...

Report | 20-06-2019

Revolving funds

The main question in this exploratory audit was ‘What does the landscape of central government’s revolving funds look like and ...

Report | 16-04-2019

Joint Report Air Quality

Many European countries are failing to comply with international and European standards on air quality. Moreover, many ...

Report | 30-01-2019

Focus on the cost of offshore wind energy

It has been claimed that the cost of energy generated by offshore wind turbines is about to fall spectacularly. According to a ...

Report | 27-09-2018

The Dutch government’s preparations aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Parliamentary document: Letter to parliament | 13-09-2017