{"id":4899,"date":"2017-02-23T19:06:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T19:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=4899"},"modified":"2017-02-23T19:06:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T19:06:57","slug":"the-environmental-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/the-environmental-manifesto\/","title":{"rendered":"The Environmental Manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4901\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/af4196\" aria-label=\"6066227661 36c3b2f356 Z 350x234\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4901\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4901\"  alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/02\/6066227661_36c3b2f356_z-350x234.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/02\/6066227661_36c3b2f356_z-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/02\/6066227661_36c3b2f356_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Binnenhof in The Hague (photo taken by Christopher A. Dominic found on Flickr.com)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Elections are coming up and everyone is talking about it. One of the many issues that is being talked about is the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Jan Terlouw, a retired politician from the D66 party, recently met up with leaders of the youth organizations affiliated to the different political parties to discuss what it is they want the government to focus on. After much discussion, the young leaders created a manifesto of what it is they want the government to focus on. These are their main points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Het beleid van het kabinet zal erop zijn gericht dat Nederland gaat behoren tot de koplopers op het gebied van duurzaamheid, met name als het gaat om concretisering van de Parijse akkoorden, die er op neerkomen dat de temperatuurstijging van de atmosfeer deze eeuw beperkt moet blijven tot minder dan twee graden Celsius. Het kabinet zal daarvoor concrete maatregelen nemen.<\/em><br \/>\nThe policy of the government will aim to ensure that the Netherlands is among the leaders in the field of sustainability, particularly when it comes to realization of the Paris agreement, which comes down\u00a0to a limitation in the rise in temperature of the atmosphere in this century of\u00a0less than two degrees Celsius. The government will take concrete measures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Het principe &#8216;de vervuiler betaalt&#8217; zal uitgangspunt zijn van het kabinetsbeleid. Daardoor wordt een gelijk speelveld gecre\u00eberd voor de industrie, wat een voorwaarde is voor succesvolle innovaties op het gebied van duurzame productie.<\/em><br \/>\nThe principle of &#8216;polluter pays&#8217; will be the starting point of government policy. Thereby, a level playing field is created for the industry, which is a prerequisite for successful innovations in the field of sustainable production.<\/li>\n<li><em>Het kabinet zal iedere maatregel toetsen aan het effect ervan op de kwaliteit van de aarde, nationaal en internationaal, nu en in de toekomst.<\/em><br \/>\nThe government will assess the impact of every measure on the quality of the earth, nationally and internationally, now and in the future.<\/li>\n<li><em>Het kabinet zal alles in het werk stellen om in internationaal verband te bevorderen dat multinationale ondernemingen niet minder belasting betalen dan het midden- en kleinbedrijf<\/em><br \/>\nThe government will make every effort to promote that multinational companies do not pay less taxes than SMEs in an international context.<\/li>\n<li><em>Bij het realiseren van bovenstaande maatregelen zal voor het kabinet de menselijke maat norm zijn in wetgeving, regelgeving en beleid.<\/em><br \/>\nIn achieving the above measures, the humane standard will be norm for the government in legislation, regulations and policies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What makes this manifesto so important for the upcoming elections is that the young people of the Netherlands from different political parties were able to unanimously agree on these five points.<\/p>\n<p>Jan Terlouw and some of the people involved in the creation of the manifesto were on the Dutch evening show\u00a0<em>De Wereld Draait Door<\/em>. If you would like to see the excerpt and practice listening, check the video. Below are some words that can be useful for the manifesto and the video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.bnnvara.nl\/?id=286941\" title=\"BNNVARA video embed\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen><a href=\"https:\/\/bnnvara.nl\/dewerelddraaitdoor\/videos\/286941\">https:\/\/bnnvara.nl\/dewerelddraaitdoor\/videos\/286941<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Useful Vocabulary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>beleid<\/em>&#8211; policy<br \/>\n<em>koplopers<\/em>&#8211; leaders<br \/>\n<em>duurzaamheid<\/em>&#8211; durability<br \/>\n<em>temperatuurstijging<\/em>&#8211; increase in temperature<br \/>\n<em>maatregelen<\/em>&#8211; measures<br \/>\n<em>uitgangspunt<\/em>&#8211; starting point<br \/>\n<em>kabinetsbeleid<\/em>&#8211; government policy<br \/>\n<em>verband<\/em>&#8211; link, connection<br \/>\n<em>gezamenlijke<\/em>&#8211; joint<br \/>\n<em>gebleken<\/em>&#8211; revealed<br \/>\n<em>voorzitter<\/em>&#8211; chairman<br \/>\n<em>vertrouwen<\/em>&#8211; to trust<br \/>\n<em>toekomst<\/em>-future<br \/>\n<em>prachtig<\/em>&#8211; wonderful<br \/>\n<em>bevolking<\/em>&#8211; population<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/02\/6066227661_36c3b2f356_z-350x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/02\/6066227661_36c3b2f356_z-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/02\/6066227661_36c3b2f356_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Elections are coming up and everyone is talking about it. One of the many issues that is being talked about is the environment. 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