Royal Dutch Shell ordered to cut net carbon emissions by 45% in verdict cheered by climate activists: ‘This ruling will change the world’

Milieudefensie director Donald Pols, center, celebrates theverdict in the court case of Milieudefensie, the Dutch arm of the Friends of the Earth environmental organization, against Royal Dutch Shell in The Hague, Netherlands, on May 26, 2021. (Peter Dejong/AP)