Several of Shell’s objections were quickly dismissed by the Court. covering ‘ Scope, 1, 2 and 3’ emissions). The Court sided with Milieudefensie, finding that while Shell had not (yet) acted unlawfully, it does have an obligation of result to reduce its own emissions, and a ‘significant best-efforts obligation’ to reduce emissions along its entire value chain, including those of its suppliers and consumers (i.e. In a nutshell, they asked the District Court to rule: (1) that Shell’s aggregate annual emissions into the atmosphere due to its business operations and sold energy products constitutes an unlawful act towards the applicants and (2) that Shell must reduce its emissions volume, in accordance with the global temperature goals of the Paris Agreement and in accordance with the related best available climate science. The lawsuit was brought by several environmental NGOs, led by Friends of the Earth Netherlands ( Milieudefensie). Following 1.5 years after the Dutch Supreme Court in Urgenda decided that the Dutch government should step up its emission reduction measures, the Hague District Court, in a historic and groundbreaking ruling, this week ordered Dutch-based oil and gas multinational Shell to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 45% from 2019 levels by 2030. Its latest export product is climate change litigation. The Netherlands is no longer known just for its tulips, windmills and bicycles.
Harro van Asselt, Kati Kulovesi, Mikko Rajavuori and Annalisa Savaresi.
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