Energy efficiency in the Dutch residential sector: reflections on policy implementation

Authors

  • Thomas Hoppe
  • Sandra Bellekom
  • Kris Lulofs

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v9i1.4438

Keywords:

Climate change mitigation, CO2 reduction target, Kyoto treaty, housing sector, energy performance, targeting energy efficiency

Abstract

A major objective of Dutch energy programmes and strategies is the reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases, especially CO2. The CO2 reduction target currently being pursued by The Netherlands is 2% annually by 2020 below 1990 levels. Climate change mitigation has been receiving political attention in The Netherlands for a long time, resulting in a particularly close incorporation of energy programmes and measures into a comprehensive, long-term Dutch climate change policy programme, which started in 1998 after the country signed the Kyoto treaty. 

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Policy Quarterly volume 9 number 1 2013

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2013-02-01

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2013): Policy Quarterly

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