Shell appeal overturns ruling enforcing faster emissions cuts

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Dutch court underlines firm’s climate responsibility but rejects legally binding reduction requirement

Shell has won its appeal against a ruling in 2021 by a Dutch court that would have forced it to cut its global carbon dioxide emissions by 45% by 2030, in line with the 2015 Paris climate change agreement. The ruling – the first of its kind – would have applied to Shell’s suppliers and customers operations as well as its own.