A world where Wall Street is always blooming. I'm David Brancaccio. First Royal Dutch Shell of

oil and gas fame has won its appeal of a landmark ruling in Europe that had ordered it to

sharply produce greenhouse gas emissions. A court has thrown out all the claims by Friends of

the Earth and others. The BBC's Anna Holigan reports from the Court of Appeal in the Netherlands.

The appeals court judge said the court could not establish that Shell had a social standard

of care to reduce its emissions by 45% or any other amount.

However, it agreed the company had an obligation to citizens to limit emissions

and that global organisations like Shell must contribute combating climate change

based on the human right to protection against dangerous climate change.

The court did say that Shell was already working to reduce its CO2 emissions

and that the court could not impose a definitive percentage

as there was no current accepted agreement in climate science on the required amount.

Friends of the Earth said the verdict hurts.

And the CEO of ExxonMobil has called on President-elect Trump

to keep the U.S. in the U.N.'s Paris climate agreement.

The Wall Street Journal quotes Exxon's Darren Woods, saying Trump's promise to pull out is a bad idea.

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