Dutch court case claims Shell’s operations violate human rights
By LAURA HURST AND DIEDERIK BAAZIL on 12/17/2020
LONDON (Bloomberg) –Royal Dutch Shell Plc is in court in The Hague for the final hearing in a landmark case that could force it to reduce its carbon footprint.
The case brought by the Dutch arm of Friends of the Earth, Milieudefensie, links the oil major’s stance on climate change with human rights. The ruling will also have implications for Shell’s European peers as pressure mounts on polluting energy companies to step up the fight against global warming.