News - Environment, climate and energy

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. No large-scale logging, but also no national insight into results of forest management

   Uncertain whether forest management will achieve intended results  The image that has emerged in recent years that ...

   News item | 06-12-2022 | 07:00

6. Natural gas revenue figures and scenarios updated

   The Netherlands Court of Audit sent an updated calculation of natural gas revenue scenarios 1966-2021 to the House of ...

   News item | 27-09-2022 | 13:30

7. More grants, fewer black-tailed godwits

   20 years’ policy to protect meadow birds The policy to protect meadow birds such as the black-tailed godwit is not working. In ...

   News item | 14-12-2021 | 18:30

8. Combatting environmental crime is fumbling in the dark

   A small group of the 500 or so companies that work with large volumes of hazardous substances repeatedly violate environmental ...

   News item | 30-06-2021 | 15:00

9. Alternatives to the involvement of state owned enterprises in energy transition inadequately studied

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

   News item | 24-06-2021 | 17:00

10. Drinking water aquifers inadequately protected against geothermal risks

    The government inadequately protects drinking water aquifers against the risks of drilling for geothermal energy. In the ...

    News item | 17-06-2021 | 11:00