{"id":125080,"date":"2024-11-12T19:43:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T12:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125080"},"modified":"2024-11-12T19:43:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T12:43:49","slug":"shell-wins-appeal-in-landmark-climate-case-in-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125080","title":{"rendered":"Shell Wins Appeal in Landmark Climate Case in the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">An appeals court in the Netherlands on Tuesday <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rechtspraak.nl\/Organisatie-en-contact\/Organisatie\/Gerechtshoven\/Gerechtshof-Den-Haag\/Nieuws\/Paginas\/Haagse-hof-wijst-vordering-vermindering-CO2-uitstoot-door-Shell-af.aspx\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">overturned a sweeping<\/a> climate ruling requiring <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/26\/business\/royal-dutch-shell-climate-change.html\" title=\"\">Shell<\/a>, Europe\u2019s largest energy company, to reduce carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The original ruling, issued in 2021 by a district court in The Hague, was seen as groundbreaking and likely to encourage similar challenges globally. It had attracted widespread attention because Shell was at the time one of the largest and most important companies based in the Netherlands. A few months later, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/15\/business\/shell-britain-move.html\" title=\"\">Shell moved its headquarters<\/a> to London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Tuesday, Shell praised the appeal verdict. \u201cWe are pleased with the court\u2019s decision, which we believe is the right one for the global energy transition, the Netherlands and our company,\u201d the chief executive, Wael Sawan, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The ruling comes as some 200 countries meet in Azerbaijan to discuss their <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/07\/climate\/cop29-baku-azerbaijan.html\" title=\"\">plans to address climate change<\/a> and after the recent win in the U.S. presidential election by Donald J. Trump, a skeptic on climate issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Milieudefensie, the Dutch arm of the environmental group Friends of the Earth that brought the original case, had argued that Shell had a duty to accelerate emissions reductions to protect people in the Netherlands and globally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Shell appealed the initial verdict, saying that putting the onus on a single company to reduce emissions would not reduce demand for oil products and therefore would not be effective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Tuesday, the Court of Appeal in The Hague largely rejected Milieudefensie\u2019s arguments, saying that Shell did have \u201can obligation toward citizens to reduce CO2 emissions,\u201d an important legal point, but that the responsibility lay more with government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt is primarily up to the government to ensure the protection of human rights,\u201d the court said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The court noted that Shell was already working on a plan to reduce the emissions resulting from its production of oil and natural gas. It also said that if Shell were to stop selling fuels to customers, other companies might well step in to meet the demand. \u201cOn balance, no reduction in CO2 emissions would be achieved,\u201d the court added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Milieudefensie, which was ordered to pay the costs of the proceedings, said that the verdict was \u201ca setback for us, for the climate movement and for millions of people around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But it remains to be seen how influential the decision, which can be appealed to the Dutch Supreme Court, will be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mijke Sinninghe Damst\u00e9, a partner at the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Amsterdam, said that after this verdict, \u201cit will be difficult to bring a broad claim like this,\u201d although the court\u2019s finding that Shell had an obligation to limit emissions was significant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Other prominent cases against major energy companies continue. In a hearing expected to begin this week in Scotland, Greenpeace is trying to block the development of two large oil fields called Rosebank and Jackdaw in British waters. The Jackdaw project is led by Shell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/12\/business\/shell-emissions-ruling.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An appeals court in the Netherlands on Tuesday overturned a sweeping climate ruling requiring Shell, Europe\u2019s largest energy company, to reduce carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. 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