Royal Dutch Shell climate litigation

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Royal_Dutch_Shell_climate_litigation
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf climate change lawsuit
gptkbp:appealsTo Shell appealed the decision
gptkbp:country gptkb:Netherlands
gptkbp:date 2021-05-26
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Royal_Dutch_Shell
gptkbp:emissionsReductionTarget 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Royal Dutch Shell climate litigation
gptkbp:impact influenced other climate litigation cases
gptkbp:judge gptkb:District_Court_of_The_Hague
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:Netherlands
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:European_Convention_on_Human_Rights
duty of care under Dutch law
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive international coverage
gptkbp:plaintiff Friends of the Earth Netherlands
Milieudefensie
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Paris_Agreement
climate change mitigation
gptkbp:result Shell ordered to reduce CO2 emissions
gptkbp:significance first time a company was ordered by court to reduce emissions in line with Paris Agreement
gptkbp:type civil lawsuit
gptkbp:yearFiled 2019
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:De_Brauw_Blackstone_Westbroek
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8