On 26 May 2021, the District Court of The Hague ‘extended’ the Urgenda case argumentation to private companies in a lawsuit against Shell (ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2021:5339). In the Urgenda case, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Dutch government had violated a duty of care to its citizens in taking insufficient measures to prevent dangerous climate change (ECLI:NL:HR:2019:2007). The Dutch government was subsequently ordered to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions … (more)
[Ivana Mlikota, Leiden Law Blog, 17 January 2023]
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