Why corporations cannot hide behind governments

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Key topics

• Laws and regulations do not indemnify against civil liability
• A reduction order does not interfere with the separation of powers
• Assessing civil liability is pre-eminently a task of the court </aside>

11.1 Introduction & Strategy

• Government Regulation – Why Carbon Markets, Emission Trading Schemes, Operational Permits, and Other Regulations Do Not Indemnify Against Civil Claims for Emission Reductions
  • Defending the Dangerline, Chapter 11

11.2 Legal Documents

11.2.1 Appeal

• Oral hearings April 2024
  • Opening Plea- 2nd of April 2024 - Pleading note 1 – Par 2.1
  • Final Pleadings - 12th of April 2024 – Answer Milieudefensie on questions of the Court of Appeal nr. 3, 4, 5 and 6
• Statement of Defence on Appeal
  • Statement of Defence on Appeal (October 18th, 2022) Chapter 3, par. 51 – 154
• The Relation between Courts and Politics
  • Statement of Defence on Appeal (October 18th, 2022) Chapter 10.4

11.2.2 First Instance

• Legal Task of Courts
  • Notes on oral arguments 9 (December 17th, 2020) par. 62 – 75
• ETS
  • Notes on oral arguments 9 (December 17th, 2020) par. 38 – 74
  • Notes on oral arguments 4 (December 1st, 2020)

11.3 The Judgment

• Judgment Climate Case Milieudefensie Shell
  • (May 26th, 2021) 4.1.3
• Royal Dutch Shell’s Reduction Obligation
  • Judgment Climate Case Milieudefensie Shell (May 26th, 2021) 4.4.1 – 4.4.2
• The ETS System and Other “Cap and Trade” Emission Systems That Apply Elsewhere in the World, Permits, and Current Obligations of the Shell Group
  • Judgment Climate Case Milieudefensie Shell (May 26th, 2021) 4.4.44 – 4.4.50
• The Responsibility of States and Society
  • Judgment Climate Case Milieudefensie Shell (May 26th, 2021) 4.4.51 – 4.4.52