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SEC Final Rule on Climate Change and GHG Disclosure

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Last Wednesday by a 3 to 2 vote the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted long awaited rules to enhance and standardize climate related disclosures, including for the first time requiring greenhouse gas emission disclosures by public companies and in public offerings. 36% of annual Commission filings include climate disclosures).

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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule: Pathways for Improving the Floor

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Notable changes include the omission of Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosure requirements, as well as the introduction of a materiality qualifier throughout the rule, as discussed in Part One of this blog series. The SEC has issued hundreds of these since its inception in 1933.

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta SOMO PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:21 Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Read more Audrey Gaughran Shell cannot be allowed to divest from the onshore oil industry in the Niger Delta before it takes responsibility for its toxic legacy of pollution and the safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructure.

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Address Impact Of Operations In Niger Delta Before Selling SPDC – CSOs Tell Shell

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Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Also see SOMO's 2008 report. Shell: 100 Years is Enough by Corporate Watch (UK).

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New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say

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New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say Follow the Money PaulaR Thu, 01/25/2024 - 16:59 Thursday, January 18, 2024 Read more Matthew Green, Merel de Buck & Birte Schohaus Latest Shell-files show that the company reflected on climate change caused by fossil products as early as the 1970s. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Shell faces shareholder rebellion over climate activist resolution

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Royal Dutch Shell: Overview of Controversial Business Practices in 2009 (SOMO, May7 2010). Riding the Dragon: Royal Dutch Shell and the Fossil Fire by Jack Doyle (2002). Risky Business: The New Shell by WWF-UK (2005). Also see SOMO's 2008 report. Shell: 100 Years is Enough by Corporate Watch (UK).

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The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: What Happens Now?

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Following a similar timeline, it is likely that the ICJ will render an opinion in the second half of 2024 or in the first half of 2025. In its latest report , the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are unequivocally the dominant cause of global warming.