（彭博社）“壳牌公司的一名律师认为，随着一个关键的气候案件的展开，如果普通公民无法保持照明，对能源转型的支持将会减弱。
壳牌律师在海牙上诉的第一天表示，2021 年要求这家石油和天然气巨头更快削减温室气体排放的裁决没有法律依据，将是无效的、适得其反的，并可能给荷兰带来灾难性后果。
“如果人们无法再支付能源费用，或者当您按下按钮或想要做饭并打开燃气灶时，能源不再可靠，那么这里以及其他国家人民的支持壳牌律师 Daan Lunsingh Scheurleer 周二在法庭上表示，能源转型将会失败。
壳牌辩称，三年前，三名法官做出有利于非政府组织 Milieudefensie 的裁决，并命令该公司到 2030 年必须将排放量减少 45% 时，壳牌并没有充分考虑对能源转型的影响。壳牌的律师表示，法院没有考虑到供应能力和安全性。
壳牌、Milieudefensie 和 Milieu en Mens（一家被允许参加法律诉讼的独立基金会）将在周四之前提出论点，最终审判日为 4 月 12 日。判决可能会在下半年做出。年。
无论上诉败诉，都可以将案件提交给荷兰最高法院。
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(Bloomberg) – Support for the energy transition will wane if ordinary citizens aren’t able to keep the lights on, a lawyer for Shell Plc argued as a crucial climate case got underway.
Lawyers for Shell said on the first day of the appeal in The Hague that a 2021 ruling ordering the oil and gas giant to slash its greenhouse gases faster had no legal basis, would be ineffective and counterproductive and could have disastrous consequences for the Netherlands.
“If people can no longer pay for their energy or that energy is no longer reliable when you press the button or want to cook food and turn on the gas stove, the support of people in the country here but also in other countries for the energy transition will be lost,” Daan Lunsingh Scheurleer, Shell’s lawyer, said in court on Tuesday.
Shell argued that when a trio of judges three years ago ruled in favour of NGO Milieudefensie and ordered that the firm must reduce emissions by 45% by 2030, it didn’t fully consider the implications for the energy transition. Shell’s lawyer said the court had failed to also take into account affordability and security of supply.
Shell, Milieudefensie and Milieu en Mens — a separate foundation which was allowed to join the legal proceedings — will present their arguments until Thursday, with the final day of trial on April 12. A verdict will likely come in the second half of the year.
Whoever loses the appeal can take the case to the Dutch Supreme Court.
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