TY - JOUR
T1 - Business and human rights implications of climate change litigation
T2 - Milieudefensie et al. v Royal Dutch Shell
AU - Macchi, Chiara
AU - van Zeben, Josephine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In Milieudefensie et al. v Royal Dutch Shell, the District Court in the Hague ordered the respondent company to cut its global carbon dioxide emissions by 45 percent by 2030, as compared with 2019 levels. The landmark judgement represents the first imposition of a specific mitigation obligation on a private company over and above reduction targets set by existing ‘cap-and-trade’ regulations and/or other governmental mitigation policies. In interpreting Royal Dutch Shell's duty of care under Dutch tort law, the Court referred extensively to international soft law, including the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This note considers the implications of this case for corporate responsibility for environmental and human rights.
AB - In Milieudefensie et al. v Royal Dutch Shell, the District Court in the Hague ordered the respondent company to cut its global carbon dioxide emissions by 45 percent by 2030, as compared with 2019 levels. The landmark judgement represents the first imposition of a specific mitigation obligation on a private company over and above reduction targets set by existing ‘cap-and-trade’ regulations and/or other governmental mitigation policies. In interpreting Royal Dutch Shell's duty of care under Dutch tort law, the Court referred extensively to international soft law, including the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. This note considers the implications of this case for corporate responsibility for environmental and human rights.
U2 - 10.1111/reel.12416
DO - 10.1111/reel.12416
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85116783978
VL - 30
SP - 409
EP - 415
JO - Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law
JF - Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law
SN - 2050-0394
IS - 3
ER -