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Energy giant Shell ordered to compensate Nigerian farmers for damage caused by oil leaks. The Dutch court decision seen as a victory for the villages and environmentalists. A COVID-19 wave in Zimbabwe floods hospitals, killing rich and poor. It's a wake-up call for the nation's elites, with their money and influence unable to overcome the crumbling health system. And a community in Ivory Coast turning plastic waste into school buildings... A partnership with UNICEF using the landfill as a source for 100 percent plastic bricks.
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A Dutch court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels in a landmark case brought by climate activist groups. FRANCE 24 correspondent, Fernande Van Tets, tells us more.
King Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi holds up a plastic bottle containing contaminated water from his community in Nigeria, proof of oil pollution that he blames on Royal Dutch Shell -- and on which he hopes a London court will deliver justice.
In tonight's edition: The International Court of Justice orders Uganda to pay millions in reparations to Uganda over its role in conflict in the eastern Congolese province of Ituri in the late 90s. Relief workers struggle to help those caught up in the aftermath of Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar. And key scientific, political and entrpreneurial voices headed to the city of Brest for the One Ocean event which is spotlighting the urgent need to protect international waters and marine life.
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