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Hello Shell

• https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/02/09/shells-board-of-directors-sued-over-flawed-climate-strategy-in-first-of-its-kind-lawsuit

Shell’s board of directors are being personally sued over their alleged failure to properly manage risks associated with the climate crisis.

The lawsuit says the British oil giant’s 11 directors have breached their legal duties under the UK’s Companies Act by failing to bring their climate strategy in line with the Paris Agreement.

Environmental law charity [ClientEarth, which filed the lawsuit, says it is the first case in the world that looks to hold corporate directors personally responsible for failing to prepare for the energy transition.

“Shell may be making record profits now due to the turmoil of the global energy market, but the writing is on the wall for fossil fuels long term,” says Paul Benson, a senior lawyer at ClientEarth.

“The shift to a low-carbon economy is not just inevitable, it’s already happening.”

Cue ominous music. This lawsuit is not 'virtue signaling', or 'without legal basis', or 'symbolic', this lawsuit is worthy of ominous music as it rolls out as Top News by the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times.

And re: signaling, it signals that nore 'legal beagles' need to begin supporting legal climate work ... locally and globally ...

Local and global must go together, as climate change is cross borders.

So, climate change and its ramifications are not just a career-enhancing local issues for environmental attorneys.

A change has got to come. The legal profession has to change its ways.

National climate plans and local/state realistic legal enforcement actions are keys to progress...

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Plans_Enforcement_-_Resources

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Methods_to_enforce_climate_pledges-NDCs_-_Dec_2021.png

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