The legal battle led by Milieudefensie, the Dutch arm of Friends of the Earth, is the latest in a string of cases around the world in which activists are using the courts as a venue to fight for action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from governments and companies.Sign up here to receive The Climate Barometer, delivering climate and environmental news to your inbox every week
"What will accelerate the energy transition is effective policy, investment in technology and changing customer behaviour. None of which will be achieved with this court action," Shell said in a statement to The Associated Press. The company said it has set "an ambition to be a net zero emissions energy business by 2050, or sooner."
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte responded by saying: "I can guarantee we will do everything we can to achieve the goal." But it remains to be seen if the target will be met by year's end.
Source: Energy Industry News (energyindustrynews.net)
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