Shell appeals landmark ruling ordering it to cut emissions by 45%

President and chief executive of Shell Netherlands, Frans Everts, before the start of the appeal trial in the court in The Hague. Photograph: Freek Van Den Bergh/ ANP / AFPthat ordered it to cut its Co2 emissions by 45 per cent by the end of 2030 and make “maximum efforts” to limit the emissions caused by customers using its products.

“Shell try to evade their responsibility for their part in the destruction being caused by climate change, but they cannot ultimately evade decisions made in the courtroom,” said Donald Pols, Milieudefensie’s director. Shell will argue that it is the place of government and not of the courts to decide on how greenhouse gas emissions are tackled at national level.

Roger Cox, lawyer for Milieudefensie, disagreed, and said that the scientific basis on which it had based its original claims had only “solidified”.

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