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The Hague, 12 November 2024
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the oil and gas giant does have a responsibility to reduce its emissions, but has not imposed a concrete reduction obligation.
Milieudefensie sees a number of important points of reference to build on in their legal battle against large polluting companies.
Lawyer Roger Cox: "This is a ruling for the entire business community and not just for Shell. The court makes it abundantly clear that not only countries, but also companies have a responsibility to reduce their emissions in line with the Paris Climate Agreement."
Read more in our press release: https://en.milieudefensie.nl/news/court-of-appeal-shell-has-a-duty-to-citizens-to-limit-its-co2-emissions
The link to the ruling: https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2024:2100&showbutton=true&keyword=2100&idx=1
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The climate case against Shell is based on an inspiring legal strategy. The building blocks of this legal strategy can be used in a wide range of climate cases against corporations and governments all over the world and are therefore the starting point of this tool. It's important to realize these building blocks do not stand alone, but are connected to each other. Furthermore, the summary of the building blocks is non-exhaustive. Extensive information can be found in the legal documents themselves. The legal documents contain valuable argumentation lines, insights, and expertise with regard to a wide range of topics such as climate science, business and human rights, scope 3 accountability, the division between courts and politics, etc.
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The case against Royal Dutch Shell was brought by a number of Dutch NGO’s: Vereniging Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands), Stichting Greenpeace Nederland, Stichting ter bevordering van de Fossielvrij-beweging, Landelijke Vereniging tot Behoud van de Waddenzee, Stichting Both ENDS, Vereniging Jongeren Milieu Actief and Stichting Action Aid.
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4. The Power and Control over Emissions
5. The Position of Non State Actors in the UN Climate Regime
7. The Human Rights Obligations of Businesses
9. The Global Group Corporate Policy
10. The Relationship between Climate Action and other interests
11. The Relationship between Courts and Politics
12. The Effectiveness of Emission Reduction orders
13. The Proportionality of Emission Reduction orders
PDF’s - All the original documents
Statement of Defence on Appeal after Joinder
Statement of Defence on Appeal
May 2021 - Judgment in First Instance
Statement on the record of response to exhibit RK 37
Statement on the record of submission of additional exhibit
Statement on the record explaining the amendment of claim relief sought part 1 a
Statement on the record of amendment of claim