Tipping point: End of fossil fuels and transitioning to net zero
Monday 9 August 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.32.1
Commentary: Shell verdict marks end of fossil fuel era
By Donald Pols and Sjoukje van Oosterhout
On 26 May 2021 at 3pm, the District Court in The Hague ruled that one of the world’s largest polluters, Royal Dutch Shell, must stop causing dangerous climate change. Successful shareholder activism at ExxonMobil and Chevron as well as the latest International Energy Agency report are further proof...