Shell oil company Threatened by another round of legal action It continues to develop oil and gas projects worldwide in the Netherlands. In a letter sent to shell, the company accuses the company of violating its legitimate obligation under the Dutch Act Greatly reduce your investments in fossil fuels Do not start considering adequate climate strategy for the next decades.
He plans to take the shell courts if these issues are not resolved. “As a community, we cannot continue to accept it A company like shell determines our future without saying anything Al -respect “, Afarma Donald Polls, Director of Milutfunction.
The move is based on another case of maintaining the Earth’s Dutch branch of the Milutfunction shell Its climate purposes until 2030.
The shell is a “special responsibility”
Last year, got the shell Cancel a historical sentence Dutch court ordered to reduce its greenhouse gas emission by 45% by the end of the decade of 2021. It was The first judgment of this type Against an energy company.
The Dutch Supreme Court is now in the Supreme Court. But though the Court of Appeal He refused to determine a particular legal purpose As for the climate, he ruled that the shell is “special responsibility” to reduce its emission as an excellent oil company.
“It is fair to expect that oil and gas companies are investing in fossil fuels production and expecting the negative effects of the fossil fuel supply for energy conversion.” Shell systematic investments Fresh oil and gas deposits They can go against this. “
This report is used by Miluettensi Justify your last legal threat. Although the amount of renewable energy has increased, he points out that the shell plans to continue to create hundreds of new oil and gas deposits.
The company is already in the construction of North America, the Middle East and Africa, and according to a new environment and a global witness report, It has 700 assets or co -owner Without growing. In a statement issued to investors in March, the shell said it was planning to increase the production and sales of fossil fuels until the 2030s.
International energy company Warned against investments in new extraction Fossil fuels, and companies insisted that the demand to reduce their supply should not be waited for the decline to allow a clean energy system. Poles said legal action was the only way to get it: “Shell doesn’t stop its own will.”
What will happen now?
The Milutfensi Shell plans to ask the court to order Stop investing in fresh oil and gas deposits. And after 2030, he wants to order the company to set the Greenhouse gas emission objectives after 2030, according to the goal Of the Paris Agreement To maintain an increase in global temperature below 1.5ºC.
‘Euronaws’ is in contact with shell to get a concept. However, Volunteer faces legal obstacles To do this case. After the sentence of 2021, shell transferred his headquarters from the hack to the United Kingdom. Implementing the order for Shell’s legal development activities can be difficult for the Dutch courts The Netherlands.
Roger Cocks, the lawyer of Milieutfensi He hoped that the Dutch courts would have a jurisdiction Because the shell is registered in the Netherlands and causes damage to the Dutch community. He added that by execution agreements with other countries of the world, Milutfunction can use a favorable punishment for the benefit.
“It’s okay where the shell is“, Says cocks.” Shell’s international assets, even if they are fossil, and bank accounts, will provide us with more control over their assets. “
AdvertisementThe head of the Milutfiree Inquiries, Skukjay Van Oosterhout confirms that in this case is a positive punishment Will have great consequences for shellBut this will provide “very clear identity” for governments, financial institutions and insurance companies. “The impact of this case will actually be great.”
