Landmark ruling orders Shell to comply with Paris Agreement targets
27 May 2021
Royal Dutch Shell is set to appeal the outcome of a landmark judgment that ordered the mega polluter to cut its emissions by 45% by 2030, compared with 2019 levels. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Climate organisations across the globe are celebrating the first of its kind win.
A court in The Hague, Netherlands, passed the ruling on Wednesday, and activists are confident it will set a landmark precedent for the trajectory of the energy transition.
The case against the British-Dutch company was filed by Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie), 17 000 co-plaintiffs and six other organisations.