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Three years ago, a court in The Hague backed a case by Friends of the Earth and 17,000 Dutch citizens requiring Shell to reduce its CO2 emissions significantly, in line with the Paris climate accords.

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At the time, the 2021 ruling marked the first time a court had ordered a private company to align its workings with the Paris climate agreement, meaning that it was not sufficient for a company simply to comply with the law - it had to comply with global climate policy too.

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The appeals court judge said that companies such as Shell were obliged to contribute to combating climate change based on the human right to protection against dangerous climate change.

However, the court said Shell was already working to reduce its emissions and the court could not establish whether it should make a 45% cut or another percentage, as there was no current accepted agreement in climate science on the required amount.

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Environmental groups can now take their case against Shell to the Supreme Court - meaning that a final verdict in this far-reaching case may still be years away.

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[โ€“] Don_alForno@feddit.org 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

as there was no current accepted agreement in climate science on the required amount.

100%. The consensus on the required amount to be cut is 100%.

[โ€“] federalreverse@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago

When it comes to emissions from fossil fuels, we'd actually need to go beyond that 100% cut on new emissions, to allow removing historical emissions.

[โ€“] federalreverse@feddit.org 25 points 1 day ago

However, the court said Shell was already working to reduce its emissions

Completely absurd at a time when Shell (and the rest of the industry) have all decided to reach their climate goals despite expanding extraction of fossil fuels. This court must be extremely willing to be deceived.

[โ€“] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 27 points 1 day ago

Oil giant wins the right to keep fucking the planet. Great, just fucking great /s

[โ€“] coyootje@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Hurray, time to speed towards total destruction of the world even faster! /s

[โ€“] Modva@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

It's the investors and shareholders who want their money multiplied, they are to blame. When it comes time to take heads, remember the shareholders and (their hatchet man) the CEO.