Fossil Fuel Advertising Ordinance and EU internal market law

ClientEarth supports the Hague's ban on fossil fuel advertising, asserting that EU internal market law allows such restrictions to achieve public interest goals, specifically climate change mitigation and the reduction of high-carbon consumption.

• ClientEarth argues that EU internal market law permits national advertising restrictions if they reasonably serve a public interest objective, specifically citing the mitigation of climate change.
• The document asserts that reducing the consumption of high-carbon goods and services is a necessary step for climate mitigation, referencing the IPCC's need for 'demand-side mitigation' and the IEA's Net Zero roadmap regarding air travel and petrol cars.
• The letter links the necessity of fossil fuel advertising bans to severe health and environmental risks in Europe, noting 550,000 annual deaths from local air pollution and 60,000 to 70,000 premature deaths from summer heatwaves in 2022.

APA

Etherton, J. (2025). Fossil Fuel Advertising Ordinance and EU internal market law. ClientEarth. https://www.clientearth.org/media/0nghyjnn/clientearth-letter-to-hague-city-council-10325.pdf

Chicago

Etherton, Joanne. Fossil Fuel Advertising Ordinance and EU internal market law. ClientEarth, 2025. https://www.clientearth.org/media/0nghyjnn/clientearth-letter-to-hague-city-council-10325.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Etherton |first1=Joanne |title=Fossil Fuel Advertising Ordinance and EU internal market law |publisher=ClientEarth |date=10 March 2025 |url=https://www.clientearth.org/media/0nghyjnn/clientearth-letter-to-hague-city-council-10325.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{etherton2025fossil, author = {Etherton, Joanne}, title = {{Fossil Fuel Advertising Ordinance and EU internal market law}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2025}, month = mar, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/0nghyjnn/clientearth-letter-to-hague-city-council-10325.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }