Photo: Tian Cartier - CalmacineBy Joseph Wilde (SOMO) and Sophie Kwizera (ActionAid)
This week, world leaders are meeting again in Madrid about the climate crisis. The Netherlands is committed to an energy transition to electric: from fossil to sun, wind and electric cars. It is important to include lessons from the fossil industry.
This opinion was printed in ‘de Volkskrant’ as well on 6 December 2019.
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