District Court Hague obliged the British-Netherlands Oil Giant Royal Dutch Shell almost halfway to reduce carbon emissions. The case of pollution of nature for the first time in history lost a transnational company, writes Associated Press.
Having considered the statement of environmental activists on the fact of pollution of the Shell Environment, the Netherlands court recognized the company’s environmental plan is not sufficiently specific. The oil organization obliged to reduce carbon emissions by 45 percent to 2030.
The accusations against the oil giant entered the court from seven environmental organizations and residents of the Netherlands in 2018 with the justification that Shell violates the goals of the Paris Agreement on the Zero Carbon Trail (reducing harmful emissions and compensation for damage from them).
Shell’s management has the right to appeal the decision of the Hague district court. Otherwise, the Decree will become a precedent for similar cases against transnational corporations around the world, which bring climate disasters with their activities.
The fight against ecology for ecology by enterprises has recently been particularly aggravated. On May 25, the European Court forbade the work of the Polish Mine Tours in the city of Bogatyn. With a claim for the suspension of coal mining, the Czech Republic was addressed, who worry that their residents in neighboring cities suffer from emissions. The coal mining company fulfill the requirement of the court refused.