Oil giant Shell wins appeal against climate activists in landmark carbon-emissions case

British oil giant Shell won a major court victory on Tuesday when a Dutch appeals court overturned a landmark 2021 case brought by green groups that found the company partially responsible for climate change and ordered it to aggressively slash carbon emissions.

The appeals court in The Hague, where Shell was headquartered until it moved to London in 2022, dismissed the 2021 ruling that ordered Shell to cut its absolute carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels – including those caused by the use of its products.