Sustainable Development Goals in the Netherlands

Climate and energy
Exceedance of surface
water quality standards,
crop protection
products
Ammonia emissions,
agriculture
Antibiotic use in
livestock farming
Target
horizon
Assessment
2012
Assessment
2014
Additional information
- Substances subject to an annual average EQS
(EQS-AA) standard exceeded that standard in
about 25% of the monitoring locations, in both
2010 and 2012. This was 50% for substances
subject to a maximum allowable risk level
(MTR).
MTR levels will eventually be replaced by AA
and MAC (maximum concentration) EQS levels.
2010
2020
2013–
2015
Ammonia emission levels are decreasing; the
2010 NEC target has already been achieved. The
NEC target for 2020 (-13% compared to 2005)
may also have been achieved, but emission
projections are uncertain.
Antibiotic use in livestock farming is decreasing;
50% reduction target between 2009 and 2013
already was achieved in 2012. The reduction
target for 2015 is 70%.
More sustainable meat 2023 Consumption of ‘more sustainable’ meat
increasing, but current rate of increase still too
low to achieve 2023 target.
Sustainable animal
housing
2015 10% fully sustainable housing: target achieved
by more than 8%.
Food wastage 2015 National target: reduce total food wastage by
20% by 2015, compared to 2009 levels. Waste
at consumer level – largest contributor – is not
yet decreasing.
Water
Surface water quality 2027 Between 5% and 40% of surface water bodies
to meet all WFD targets by 2027.
Water shortages and
freshwater supply
Swimming water quality
2015 Sufficient water for most users in normal and
dry years.
2015 objective – ‘all locations acceptable
quality’ – almost achieved but no further
improvement in recent years.
Flood protection - Flood protection level not yet up to the desired
standard. New flood protection policy being
developed within Delta programme.
Nature and
biodiversity
New NNN acquisition - Nature Network Netherlands (NNN, formerly
EHS) targets in Nature Pact recently reviewed;
increase in NNN area.
Environmental pressure
on nature areas
Decline in threatened
species
- The environmental pressure on nature has
decreased considerably, since 1990, but is
still above the level required for sustainable
conservation.
- Fewer species threatened; severity of threat
decreasing, on average.
Conservation status - Many of the species and habitats included in
the European Birds and Habitats Directives
have an unfavourable conservation status in
the Netherlands.
Ecosystem quality - Decline in average quality of many types of
nature since 1994. The rate of decline has
levelled off in recent years.
Ecosystem service
provision
- The provision of various national ecosystem
services has decreased over the last 25 years or
so, while demand has increased. Policy targets
have not yet been described in sufficient detail
to allow evaluation.
Related
SDG targets
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.4
12.3
3.9, 6.3
6.4
3.9, 6.3
11.5, 13.1
6.6, 15.1, 15.5
6.6, 15.1, 15.2,
15.5
15.5
6.6, 15.5
6.6, 15.1, 15.2,
15.3, 15.5
15.9
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