Shell pushes back against Dutch court order for oil giant to cut emissions

Shell said that implementing the ruling would force it to shrink its business and would only lead customers to shift to other fuel suppliers

Despite Shell's objections, Friends of the Earth Netherlands, which brought the case, said it was confident heading into the appeal.

Shell told a Dutch court that a 2021 order saying it should drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions lacks a legal basis and risks obstructing the fight against climate change.

In a landmark ruling that shocked the energy sector, a lower Dutch court in 2021 ordered Shell to reduce its planet-warming carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 from 2019 levels. The order related not only to Shell's own emissions, but also to those caused by the buyers and users of its products.