JURIST
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
A Netherlands appeals court overturned a landmark 2021 ruling requiring Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030 on Tuesday. The court found that the order to cut emissions by 45 percent by 2030 placed an undue burden on the company, potentially disrupting its business planning and investments in energy transition projects.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
In the 2021 update to its Nationally Determined Contribution, under the Paris Agreement Japan pledged to reduce its GHG emissions by 46 % by 2030 compared to its 2013 levels (with aspirational target of 50%) and to achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 1, 2022
In its Nationally Determined Contribution , Japan has committed to reducing GHG emissions by 46% in 2030 from 2013 levels and achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Civil law cases. Civil lawsuits were filed in Sendai in 2017 and Kobe in 2018 by citizens against corporations that planned to build new coal-fired power plants.
Conflict of Laws
JANUARY 30, 2024
Midori NARAZAKI, Climate Change Litigation and Private International Law: Review of the Hague District Court’s Judgment against Royal Dutch Shell Abstract: This paper analyzes a landmark decision by the District Court of The Hague on May 26, 2021, ordering Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 12, 2023
The program is intended to ensure compliance with the annual emission targets for the building and transportation sectors for the years 2024 to 2030. In August 2023, over 60 professors of public law pointed out that the current German federal government policies acutely threaten compliance with the requirements of the Neubauer judgment.
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