nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/0e73924d873c531c DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 241115s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/0e73924d873c531c doi eng 342 23 Hilson, Chris Author aut Into Reverse Gear - Shell v Milieudefensie and the Non-Regression Principle Hilson, Chris Verfassungsblog 2024-11-15 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The recent Hague Court of Appeal judgment, in the appeal brought by Shell against the first instance decision in favour of the NGO Milieudefensie, held that Shell is legally obliged to reduce its scope 3 emissions, but did not order Shell to reduce them by 45%, or indeed any percentage. The judgment is likely to have a significant impact on climate change litigation against corporations beyond just the Netherlands. That impact will be all the greater if the losing parties, Milieudefensie and others, do not appeal. CC BY-SA 4.0 Climate Climate Crisis Climate Liability Climate obligations Corporate Social Responsibility Europarecht Human Rights Klimaschutz Netherlands Shell business and human rights climate change litigation (DE-588)4153206-5 gnd Europarecht (DE-588)10298350-1 gnd Human Rights (DE-588)7547705-1 gnd Klimaschutz Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/shell-milieudefensie-non-retrogression/ raw object