Dutch organisation Milieudefensie has an ongoing case against Shell. They won that case at first instance but lost on appeal. It is now with the Dutch Supreme Court in The Hague, with the verdict expected in 2026. Milieudefensie in the meantime says it is preparing a new case, to prevent Shell activating new oil and gas fields, both in and outside of the Netherlands. The Dutch government is working on the introduction into Dutch legislation of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (2024/1760). In the meantime, Dutch law on civil liability can be used to demand specific action on climate change from individual corporations.




