The Netherlands fallacy refers to an error Paul R. Ehrlich and his co-authors claim others make in assuming that the environmental impacts of the Netherlands and other rich nations are contained within their national borders.
Such an approach may lead to incorrect assertions such as the environmental impact of a particular developed country is reducing, when a holistic, international approach suggests the opposite.
This may in turn support over-optimistic predictions toward the improvement of global environmental conditions.
[2] The Netherlands has had a huge impact regarding leaving water footprints across the world.
They have made this footprint by importing water from other countries, leaving increasingly scarce regions.