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Dutch Climate Campaigners Sue The Netherlands’s Largest Bank

Dutch Climate Campaigners Sue The Netherlands’s Largest Bank

The Dutch environmental NGO Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) formally filed a lawsuit today against ING, the largest bank in the Netherlands, challenging the bank’s climate policies. The lawsuit seeks to compel ING to align its financing activities with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. By taking

Sweden's Supreme Court Quashes Youth Climate Suit

Sweden's Supreme Court Quashes Youth Climate Suit

A climate lawsuit brought by youth activists in Sweden against their national government will not move forward, after Sweden’s Supreme Court ruled that the case is inadmissible. On February 19, the Swedish Supreme Court ruled that the young people’s case challenging the adequacy of Sweden’s climate policies

Landmark Climate Case Against Shell Goes To Dutch Supreme Court

Landmark Climate Case Against Shell Goes To Dutch Supreme Court

Article co-published with One Earth Now When a Dutch court ruled in 2021 that Shell must reduce CO2 emissions across its supply chain by 45% by 2030, climate campaigners hailed it as a “historic verdict” and a “monumental victory for our planet.” The decision marked the first time that a

Court Reverses Historic Climate Verdict Against Shell

Court Reverses Historic Climate Verdict Against Shell

Shell succeeds on appeal, but still has legal responsibility to limit its emissions. In a clear setback for climate campaigners, a court in the Netherlands on Tuesday reversed a landmark 2021 judicial ruling requiring Shell, one of the biggest oil and gas producers in the world, to cut CO2 emissions

Dutch Court Set To Rule In Appeal Of Landmark Climate Court Case Verdict Against Shell

Dutch Court Set To Rule In Appeal Of Landmark Climate Court Case Verdict Against Shell

The Hague Court of Appeal in the Netherlands will issue its much-anticipated decision this week in the landmark climate case Miliuedefensie et al. v. Shell, which saw climate campaigners win a historic verdict against the oil major in May 2021 that Shell has since appealed. The appeals court’s ruling

The Challenge Of Compliance: Landmark Court Verdicts Face Snubs, Defiance From Defendants

The Challenge Of Compliance: Landmark Court Verdicts Face Snubs, Defiance From Defendants

Winning a climate accountability lawsuit is one thing. Ensuring compliance with the court verdict is another matter. When the European Court of Human Rights ruled in April this year that the Swiss government’s climate policies and protection measures were insufficient to safeguard citizens’ human rights, civil society statements and

Historic Ruling Issued By European Human Rights Court In Climate Case

Historic Ruling Issued By European Human Rights Court In Climate Case

Switzerland's insufficient climate mitigation measures violate European Convention on Human Rights, court finds. A regional human rights court in Europe ruled today for the first time in its 65-year history that the climate crisis is a serious threat to human rights, finding that the Swiss government’s insufficient

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