Why corporations cannot hide behind other corporations

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Key topics

• Perfect substitution / leakage / level playing field arguments disregard individual legal responsibility
• Perfect substitution / leakage / level playing field arguments are also substantively invalid </aside>

12.1 Introduction & Strategy

• Effectiveness – Addressing Arguments of Leakage and Perfect Substitution
  • Defending the Dangerline, Chapter 13

12.2 Legal Documents

12.2.1 Appeal

• Oral hearings April 2024
  • Pleading note 7 - 4th of April 2024
• Expert reports March 2024
  • Expert-reports filed on the 5th of March 2024:
    • Peter Erickson and Dr. Fergus Green on effectiveness (substitution) Carbon pricing, ETS, supply side vs. demand side economics
    • Prof.dr.Sweder Van Wijnbergen and Prof. dr.Rick Van der Ploeg on effectiveness of the reduction obligation (substitution)
    • Datadesk report on Shell’s trading
• Effectiveness
  • Statement of Defence on Appeal (October 18th, 2022) Chapter 2.2 par. 35 sub 126 - 172
  • Statement of Defence on Appeal (October 18th, 2022) Chapter 8 par. 8.1 - 8.6
  • Statement of Defence on Appeal (October 18th, 2022) Chapter 8 par. 884 - 970
• The Likely Effect of Shell’s Reduction Obligation on the Oil and Gas Markets and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • First Expert Letter (October 18th, 2022) Peter Erickson, Steve Green, Catherine Hagem and Steve Pye
• System Dynamics of Energy Transitions
  • Second Expert Letter (October 16th, 2022) Rotmans and Loorbach
• Debunking the Perfect Substitution Argument in the Context of the Effectiveness of a Reduction Obligation
  • Statement of Defence on Appeal after Joinder (October 10th, 2023) Chapter 5 par. 77 – 105
  • Statement of Defence on Appeal (October 18th, 2022) Chapter 2.2 par 35 sub 153 – 172

12.2.2 First Instance

• Statement on the Record of Response to Exhibit RK-37
  • Notes on oral arguments 8 (December 15th, 2020) par. 43 – 72

12.3 The Judgment

• Royal Dutch Shell’s Reduction Obligation
  • Judgment Climate Case Milieudefensie Shell (May 26th, 2021) 4.4.1 – 4.4.2
• The Effectiveness of the Reduction Obligation
  • Judgment Climate Case Milieudefensie Shell (May 26th, 2021) 4.4.49 – 4.4.50
• The Effectiveness of the Reduction Obligation in Relation to Milieudefensie’s Interest
  • Judgment Climate Case Milieudefensie Shell (May 26th, 2021) 4.5.5