Royal Dutch Shell received an ultimatum from a climate activist group...demanding the company help address climate change or face legal consequences.  Friends of the Earth Netherlands...delivered a liability letter to the Dutch oil giant demanding it cut back on its oil and gas production to align with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement...Under Dutch law, Shell, which is headquartered in the Netherlands..., has eight weeks to comply with the demands or face a lawsuit by the organization...“The Shell Group has long recognised the climate challenge and the role of energy in enabling a decent quality of life,” Shell said in a statement about the letter. “We strongly support the agreement in Paris to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius or less, but we believe climate change is a complex societal challenge that should be addressed through sound government policy and cultural change to drive low-carbon choices for businesses and consumers, not by the courts.”...On its website, Shell acknowledges the urgency and expense of climate change: “Coastal cities around the world face a growing existential threat from rising sea levels as a result of climate change. In fact, a 2013 World Bank study found that global flood damage in large coastal cities could cost about $1 trillion a year in the future unless something is done urgently to address the issue.”...