The energy company appealed after it had been ordered to cut its carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels.

In 2021, The Hague District Court ordered Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030, but appeals judges ruled that if Shell reduces its emissions, other companies would simply fill the void.

Dutch judges will on Tuesday rule on an appeal by oil giant Shell against a landmark judgement binding it to reduce carbon emissions, which climate activists say it has not implemented.But Shell, which called litigation "ineffective" to address climate change,

A lower court had ordered the company to cut emissions by 45 percent by 2030, but the oil giant argued that a single firm should not be hit with arbitrary pollution-reduction requirements.

Oil giant Shell has won a landmark case in the Dutch courts, overturning an earlier ruling requiring it to cuts its carbon emissions by 45%.

Oil and gas company Shell on Tuesday won its appeal against a landmark climate ruling in the Netherlands, which in 2021 ordered the oil and gas company to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The appeals court in The Hague dismissed the entire ruling,

Shell is not obliged to dramatically reduce its planet-heating pollution by 2030, a Dutch appeals court ruled Tuesday, overturning a previous verdict that imposed steep carbon emissions reductions on the British oil and gas giant.

The Dutch appeals court is set to announce its decision in the climate case brought against the oil and gas company Shell in the Netherlands on Tuesday. Dutch environmental organizations had sued Shell over carbon dioxide emissions and were granted a favourable ruling in 2021.

A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday dismissed a landmark 2021 ruling, ordering oil and gas giant Shell to accelerate carbon reduction efforts that was seen as a turning point in climate litigation. Here are the main parts of the verdict and reaction.