Shell is facing two lawsuits that try to make it pay for damage linked to specific extreme weather events. In Brazil, prosecutors and an NGO want about $108 million for flooding in 2024 that killed nearly 200 people. They are using an attribution study that says climate change made the rainfall 12 percent more intense, and argue Shell should cover 2 percent of that share based on its historic emissions. In the Philippines, survivors of Typhoon Rai are suing Shell in the UK, arguing its emissions and its history of climate misinformation amount to negligence. Shell says it did not have unique knowledge about climate change. These cases are early tests for a legal strategy that could spread to other carbon majors. The outcome may affect how companies and investors think about liability for climate disasters.
