12. The Effectiveness of Emission Reduction Orders

Why corporations cannot hide behind other corporations

Key Topics

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

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

• 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
  Memorandum of Reply after Joinder (October 10th, 2023) Chapter 5 par. 77 – 105 [Link will folow] 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 Verdict

• Royal Dutch Shell's Reduction Obligation
  Verdict Climate Case Milieudefensie Shell (May 26th, 2021) 4.4.1 – 4.4.2

• The Effectiveness of the Reduction Obligation
  Verdict 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
  Verdict Climate Case Milieudefensie Shell (May 26th, 2021) 4.5.5