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

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

Oil and gas major Shell on Tuesday won an appeal against a landmark ruling that required it to accelerate carbon reduction efforts, dealing a blow to campaigners who have turned to legal channels to pursue climate action.

A Dutch court has overturned a landmark ruling ordering fossil fuel giant Shell to significantly cut its carbon emissions, in a blow to climate campaigners. In the original 2021 ruling, hailed as “a monumental victory” for activists,

The decision is a reversal of the 2021 verdict that had ordered Shell to slash its absolute carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 relative to 2019 levels.

The original 2021 ruling ordered Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels. The appeals court said there is "insufficient consensus" on a specific reduction percentage.

Shell took a beating from Dutch climate activists when, in 2021, a court ordered the oil company to cut emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels in a suit brought be Friends of the Environment Netherlands.