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IntroductionIn 2021, civil society actors and citizens for the first time successfully took a carbon major to court over its contribution to climate change. The main plaintiff Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) argued that the failure of Royal Dutch Shell to plan for significantly reducing the future greenhouse gas emissions of its corporate group violated its duty of care under Dutch law (Giabardo, 2021; Hösli, 2021; Macchi and van Zeben, 2021). Interpreting Shell’s responsibility in light of international climate change law, human rights law, and corporate responsibility, the District Court of the Hague in the Netherlands unexpectedly allowed the case to proceed and issued an order for Shell to cut the corporation’s overall emissions by 45 percent by 2030 as compared to 2019 (Mayer, 2022). In November 2024, the Court of Appeal in The Hague overturned the decision that Shell should follow a specific reduction obligation, but confirmed that a carbon major like Shell can be held legally responsible under Dutch tort law for contributing to climate change.

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