Legal duties in relation to climate change l l Onrechtmatige daad (book 6 section 162 of the Dutch civil code): You are not allowed to cause serious harm to others if you can take reasonable measures to prevent that harm from occurring Human rights (Urgenda v State of the Netherlands, p. 45): “climate change [entails a] … serious risk that the current generation of citizens will be confronted with loss of life and/or a disruption of family life.”