News - Environment, climate and energy

1. Drinking water savings making slow progress

   The Netherlands Court of Audit concludes in a publication released today, Drinking water under pressure, that achievement of the ...

   News item | 13-05-2025 | 22:00

2. Government heat network policy at odds with domestic heat pump grants

   Construction of new heat networks faltering in residential districts  The number of people in the Netherlands installing a heat ...

   News item | 04-02-2025 | 16:00

3. Sustainable dairy farms in the Netherlands awarded higher grants

   Under the EU eco-scheme, dairy farmers in the Netherlands who do more for the climate, nature and the environment receive higher ...

   News item | 27-06-2024 | 15:00

4. If CO2 prices go up, industry benefits most from Porthos’s carbon storage under the North Sea

   CCS project investigated: long-term risks lie with the State Carbon dioxide captured by industrial companies and pumped through a ...

   News item | 28-03-2024 | 16:30

5. Audit of crisis measures in response to high energy prices

   The Netherlands Court of Audit is investigating the effect in the Netherlands of various energy crisis measures the government ...

   News item | 30-11-2023 | 00:00

6. Broader approach needed to safety behind the dykes

   Minister of I&W must look beyond 2050 To make real work of the policy to protect the Netherlands from flooding, the Minister of ...

   News item | 12-10-2023 | 16:00

7. Budget letters 2024: pleased with consideration of broad prosperity, keep an eye on feasibility

   Every year, the Netherlands Court of Audit publishes its considerations on the draft budget that the government submits to the ...

   News item | 28-09-2023 | 14:00

8. Netherlands learns little from disputes with EU

   Netherlands average member state for correct implementation of EU law As a member of the European Union, the Netherlands usually ...

   News item | 15-06-2023 | 11:00

9. Parliament has incomplete picture of climate expenditure

   Inconsistent amounts and definitions How much money does the government spend on climate policy? The ministers concerned do not ...

   News item | 25-01-2023 | 11:15

10. Hidden costs of the National Energy Retrofit Fund

    The National Energy Retrofit Fund (ERF) is a scheme to make homes sustainable. By the end of 2021, the fund (initially called the ...

    News item | 13-12-2022 | 13:00