ABSTRACT
The Hague District Court in The Netherlands faced a novel tort law issue in 2021 in Milieudefensie et al v Royal Dutch Shell plc – namely, whether Shell is liable in tort for the reduction costs of carbon dioxide produced in the end use of energy-carrying Shell-products. Ronald Coase’s 1960 paper, ‘The Problem of Social Cost’, provides a useful framework for analyzing the ‘Climate case against Royal Dutch Shell’.
Kanning, Arnald J, Shell and the Climate Case – Is the Shell Group the ‘Cheapest Cost Avoider’? (March 16, 2023).
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