[1] Code Rood is horizontally organized, and was inspired in part by Ende Gelände 2016, during which protestors shut down a coal mine and a coal-fired power station for a period of two days.

[2][3] In June 2017, Code Rood called for a civil disobedience action at the Port of Amsterdam as well as a climate camp nearby.

[4] The civil disobedience action took place on June 24, the second anniversary of the court case State of the Netherlands v. Urgenda Foundation.

[2] A group of about 300 activists successfully shut down the OBA Bulk Terminal Amsterdam coal port for over eight hours, which the company's executive director said cost them about 50,000 euros.

[6] In August 2018, Code Rood organized a protest in Groningen near a group of storage tanks belonging to Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM), a joint venture which is owned by Shell and ExxonMobil.