An Apology Leading to Dystopia: Or, Why Fuelling Climate Change Is Tortious

IF 2.6 1区 社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Transnational Environmental Law Pub Date : 2022-06-14 DOI:10.1017/S2047102522000267
L. Burgers
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Abstract This invited response commentary engages with Benoit Mayer's case comment, published in this issue of Transnational Environmental Law, on the recent landmark decision by the District Court of The Hague (The Netherlands) of May 2021 in Milieudefensie v. Royal Dutch Shell. The Court ordered the oil giant Royal Dutch Shell to reduce at least 45% of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared with 2019 levels. In this response commentary I build on and contrast Mayer's examination of how the Court arrived at this target. In doing so, I discuss the normativity of tort law compared with international law against the background of the ideas of Martti Koskenniemi. I conclude that the District Court legitimately qualified Shell's business plans as tortious. The specific reduction target is the result of civil procedural rules on evidence and the debate between the parties. In the light of this analysis, I respectfully reject Benoit Mayer's suggestion that sectoral practices should play a more significant role in determining corporate climate mitigation obligations. In my view, such an approach would be dangerously apologetic and lead to dystopian outcomes.
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一个导致反乌托邦的道歉:或者,为什么推动气候变化是侵权的
本特邀评论与Benoit Mayer在本期《跨国环境法》上发表的案例评论相结合,评论了荷兰海牙地区法院于2021年5月对Milieudefensie诉荷兰皇家壳牌(Royal Dutch Shell)一案的里程碑式裁决。法院命令石油巨头荷兰皇家壳牌公司到2030年将其温室气体排放量与2019年的水平相比至少减少45%。在这篇回应评论中,我以梅耶尔对最高法院如何达到这一目标的研究为基础,并对其进行了对比。在此过程中,我将在Martti Koskenniemi的思想背景下讨论侵权法与国际法的规范性。我的结论是,地方法院合法地认定壳牌的商业计划为侵权行为。具体的削减目标是民事诉讼证据规则和当事人争论的结果。鉴于这一分析,我谨拒绝Benoit Mayer的建议,即部门实践应在确定企业减缓气候变化义务方面发挥更重要的作用。在我看来,这种做法将是危险的道歉,并导致反乌托邦的结果。
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