In an op-ed in Het Financieele Dagblad, Marieke addresses the climate conundrum that the private sector is facing in the Netherlands.
On the one hand, organizations are pushed to set ambitious climate targets. On the other hand, they face intense societal scrutiny while struggling to navigate complicated questions related to climate strategy, compliance and implementation. This “squeeze” leads to risk averse behavior rather than ambitious climate action. I argue that we should ease the squeeze and move towards a societal context which fosters climate ambition.