108. Climate, Fossil Fuels and the Future of Shell with Ben van Beurden
This week, something different. An exclusive interview with Shell CEO, Ben van Beurden.
In May 2021, the District Court in The Hague delivered its landmark ruling in the climate change case filed against Royal Dutch Shell (\u201cShell\u201d). In her ruling on the case, Judge Larisa Alwin ordered Shell to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 45% by 2030 from 2019 levels. The court found that Shell\u2019s existing carbon mitigation strategy was \u201cnot concrete and is full of conditions ... that's not enough.\u201d The court also ruled that Shell is responsible for emissions from its customers and suppliers, known as scope 3 emissions, and further that Shell\u2019s activities constituted a threat to the \u201cright to life\u201d and \u201cundisturbed family life,\u201d as set out in the European Convention on Human Rights.
So, what next? Pending an appeal to the case, how is Shell going to follow the court ruling to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 45% by 2030? We sit down with Ben van Beurden, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell Plc to discuss what the decisive decade looks like for oil and gas majors.
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Ben van Beurden
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