In a milestone in the climate crisis, a Dutch court on Wednesday ordered the energy giant Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels.

The Dutch court on Wednesday ordered Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45% compared to 2019 levels by 2030. This is a landmark case filed by the Climate Action Group. The decision praised the decision. The victory of the earth.

The Hague District Court ruled that the Anglo-Dutch energy giants have a responsibility to reduce emissions carefully, and that their current emission reduction plans are not specific enough.

This decision may set a precedent for similar cases that pollute multinational companies around the world. After the verdict was read aloud, the militants gathered outside the court cheered.

“Won the climate today,” said Roger Cox, a lawyer at the Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth, one of the organizations behind the case.

This ruling will change the world. According to our example, people around the world are filing legal actions against oil companies. “

The Hague court did not disclose how Royal Dutch Shell should achieve planned cuts. He said that the parent company of the energy giant “has complete freedom in how to fulfill its emission reduction obligations and formulate Shell Group’s corporate policies.”

Shell said in a written response that it hopes to appeal the “disappointing court ruling.”

The company stated that it has “invested billions of dollars in low-carbon energy, including electric vehicle charging, hydrogen, renewable energy and biofuels. We hope to increase demand for these products and expand our new energy sources faster business.”

Shell lawyer Dennis Horeman (Dennis Horeman) said at a hearing in December that the ruling on the company could result in “countless parties being able to pursue each other’s role in the (energy) transition passed by the court.” And give judges an “important role” in the active and delicate political process. “

Shell said it has set “an ambition to achieve a zero-emission energy business by 2050 or earlier.”

The court stated in the English summary of its ruling that Shell is currently not violating the requirements of environmental organizations because its parent company is tightening its emissions policy, so Shell is not currently violating its emission reduction obligations.

But it ruled that Shell’s policy “is not specific, has a lot of warnings, and is based on monitoring social development, not on the company’s own carbon dioxide emission reduction responsibilities.”

“Therefore, the court has ordered RDS to adopt the Shell Group’s corporate policy to reduce the emissions of Shell Group, its suppliers and customers by 45% compared to 2019 levels by the end of 2030.”

A group of seven environmental and human rights organizations and approximately 1,700 Dutch citizens filed a lawsuit in 2018, calling on the court to order Shell to cut emissions in accordance with the global targets set in the Paris Climate Agreement. This is equivalent to Shell’s reduction of emissions by 45% by 2030.

The court ruled on the claims of six of the panels.

In the Netherlands, this case is the latest in a series of global legal challenges that climate activists seek to curb emissions, but it is believed to be the first case against a multinational company.

The Netherlands is also one of the first successful climate cases. Two years ago, the Supreme Court upheld a 2015 ruling that required the government to cut emissions by at least 25% from the 1990 baseline level by the end of 2020.

In February, a Paris court ruled that in a case brought by four NGOs, the French government failed to take sufficient action to combat climate change. Last month, the German Supreme Court stated that the federal government must set clear goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions after 2030.

Donald Pols, director of Friends of the Earth in the Netherlands, called The Hague’s ruling “an immortal victory for our planet and for our children, and a great step towards a livable future for everyone.” step.”