A Dutch court has ruled that the oil giant Shell must bring its global emissions in line with the Paris climate targets and cut its emissions 45% by 2030. The World’s Carol Hills talks with Peer de Rijk, the senior policy officer at Friends of the Earth Netherlands, which initiated the case against Shell.
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