Rli 9 July 2024 -
The public measure their wellbeing by more than their material well-being. For them, wellbeing is also about factors such as health, safety, the quality of their living environment and the quality of education. We refer to this set of factors as wellbeing. The promotion of wellbeing by the government will lead to better policies for the public. However, this can only succeed if the pros and cons…
Rli 26 June 2024 -
Is it the legislature, the administration, or the courts that determine policy on the environment? Various court cases on environmental issues – such as Urgenda's climate case, cases on nitrogen, pesticides or Schiphol Airport – show that the task of safeguarding the rule of law is becoming too one-sidedly vested in the courts, whereas the Government and Parliament also have an important role to…
Rli 3 June 2024 -
Many buildings in the Netherlands are built on unstable soil, and more than 400,000 of the country’s properties are therefore expected to face foundation damage. This means major problems for many: they feel unsafe in their home or have money worries. If the government does not help resolve the problem, the costs to Dutch society will eventually rise to over €50 billion and social…
Rli 23 February 2024 -
Implementation of policy for the living environment is lagging behind, meaning that urgent problems are not being solved. The Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (Rli) therefore calls on the Dutch government to strike a much better balance between policy development and policy implementation in actual practice. The Rli does so in its advisory report on “Bridging the Implementation Gap…