Activists Take Shell Emissions Case to Supreme Court

Activists Take Shell Emissions Case to Supreme Court | OilPrice.com

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ByIrina Slav– Feb 12, 2025, 1:17 AM CST

Dutch climate activists have taken a case aiming to force supermajor Shell to significantly reduce its oil and gas output to curb emissions to the Supreme Court after the company won an appeal on the original ruling.

“Judges have already confirmed that Shell is responsible for reducing emissions and to make its own contribution to the Paris Climate Agreement,” the lawyer representing Friends of the Earth, said, as quoted by Reuters.

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“There is enough of a legal basis to make the ruling more specific and stronger,” Roger Cox also said.

Last November, the Court of Appeal of The Hague overturned the 2021 ruling of the District Court of The Hague, in the case brought against Shell by the environmentalist organization Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth), other NGOs, and a group of private individuals.

Back in 2021, the District Court in The Hague ordered Shell to slash its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 in a landmark ruling that had the potential to set precedents for other oil companies.

Four years ago, the court ordered Shell to slash net carbon emissions by 45% and start complying with the ruling “immediately.” These emission reductions would include the so-called Scope 3 emissions, those generated by the use of its producers, per the order of the district court in 2021.

Now, Milieudefensie is taking the case to the highest court in the country in an effort to enforce the original ruling, despite Shell stating back in 2021 that even if it reduced its oil and gas production to comply with the original court ruling, this would have zero impact on global oil and gas demand, supply, and, consequently, emissions.

According to Reuters, the Supreme Court will not be reviewing the facts and evidence that the lower courts considered, but would rather focus on whether procedure was followed accurately and whether the lower courts had the right motivation for their rulings.

By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com

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