By Stephanie van den Berg, Bart H. Meijer and Ron Bousso AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Oil and gas major Shell on Tuesday won an appeal against a landmark ruling that required it to accelerate carbon reduction efforts,

British oil giant Shell won a major court victory on Tuesday when a Dutch appeals court overturned a landmark 2021 case brought by green groups that found the company partially responsible for climate change and ordered it to aggressively slash carbon emissions.

A Court of Appeal in The Hague overturned a May 2021 ruling demanding Shell cut its CO2 emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 from 2019 levels.