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A dutch court decided that shell is individually liable for their role in climate change. it ruled the company will have to speed up the rate at which they cut carbon emissions. to discuss the impact of this big week, i'm joined by professor stokes, assistant professor of climate policy at the university of california and robinson meyer, climate reporter. robinson, i want to start with you. am i over hyping this? was this as consequential as it seems when it comes to engaging the private sector and oil industry in becoming part of the solution instead of part of the problem? >> you are absolut...

With what scientists say are necessary. the company has to cut its emissions by 45% by 2030 and also do that when it comes to the emissions from the product that it sells. that's a very transformative change for an oil company. right? they are selling fossil fuels that fundamentally create pollution. that could shift the business model of a big oil company. >> robinson, could exxon fight back here? let me go back to exxon or shell. how much will they acquiesce and how much do you expect them to fight? >> i think -- at this point, the climate activist directors do not control a majority of the ...

Successful in the united states without a friendlier supreme court. maybe down the road, if there are a number of international rulings like this, it could set an expectation this is something the u.s. might move on. if the makeup of the supreme court were to change, we could see it happen here. >> the tobacco cases were in many cases state-based. i could see -- >> exactly. >> keeping it in the states might end up being the more effective tool. professor, robinson, thank you for making time. glad we got to explain the relevance of what feels like a big week in the fight against climate change....

Government isn't doing enough on climate change. there have been attorney generals taking up specific cases. one in new york, another one in massachusetts, trying to hold companies like exxon accountable for things like saying, we are really going to transition to new clean fuels when they are spending more advertising that policy than actually investing in the clean fuels in their company. there's a court strategy around this. i don't know if we will see as landmark decisions in the united states as we saw on wednesday with shell in the netherlands. this is a strategy that people are pursuing...

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