The Netherlands’ Global Climate Strategy

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The Netherlands' Global Climate Strategy (Internationale Klimaatstrategie)

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This is the first “whole-of-government” Global Climate Strategy that describes how the Netherlands wants to strengthen their response to the challenges that climate change poses, both domestically and globally. It's centred around four topics: 1) adaptation 2) mitigation 3) finance 4) loss and damage.
Adaptation: In order to reduce climate change vulnerability worldwide the Netherlands will
<ul>
<li>Double their adaptation finance (in line with the Glasgow Climate Pact)</li>
<li>Co-host the UN 2023 Water Conference</li>
<li>Provide an additional EUR 250 million until 2025 to increase accessibility to food in regions that are climate-vulnerable</li>
<li>Share Dutch knowledge and expertise on water management, the adaptation policy cycle, and smarter food production</li>
</ul>
Mitigation: Centred around helping the acceleration to a net-zero circular economy by 2050 globally
<ul>
<li>Raising its national target for CO2 reduction to at least 55%, with policies focused on pursuing of 60% reduction&nbsp;</li>
<li>Focus on partnerships with other countries to support net-zero ambitions</li>
<li>Speed up the transition to zero-emission mobility and transport</li>
<li>Cooperate with relevant actors (civil society, financial and knowledge institutions, environmental organisations etc)</li>
<li>Double the financial contribution to stopping deforestation</li>
</ul>
Finance
<ul>
<li>Increase climate finance with more than EUR 0.5 billion a year</li>
<li>Develop instruments to mobilise more private capital for climate action in developing countries</li>
<li>Partner for clean energy transition</li>
<li>Strengthen sustainable investment, fighting greenwashing, and enhance the transparency in climate risks and impact</li>
</ul>
Loss and damage
<ul>
<li>Increase the support to disaster risk management, with a special focus on universally available early warning systems and capacity to act</li>
</ul>

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