“Philippine victims of 2021 typhoon seek compensation from Shell”, 23 October 2025

Philippine victims of a 2021 typhoon are seeking compensation from energy giant Shell for deaths and damage that they say were intensified by climate change partly resulting from the oil and gas company’s carbon emissions.

Shell says it is not legally liable for the disaster wreaked by 2021 Super Typhoon Odette, known as Typhoon Rai internationally. It killed more than 400 people and was the second most costly storm in Philippine history.

The nearly 70 Filipinos who lost family members, suffered injuries or damage sent a “Letter Before Action” this week to Shell seeking an unspecified amount of compensation. If the company does not provide a satisfactory response, they say they plan to file a lawsuit in Britain in mid-December…

The Carbon Majors Database, run by the global, nonprofit think tank InfluenceMap, ranks Shell as one of the largest corporate emitters of greenhouse gases, contributing 2.1% of global emissions since the beginning of the industrial revolution…

“We agree that action is needed now on climate change,” a Shell spokesperson told The Associated Press after the Letter Before Action was delivered to the company’s headquarters in London. “As we supply vital energy the world needs today, we are transforming our business to supply lower-carbon fuels for the future. The suggestion that Shell had unique knowledge about climate change is simply not true.”…

The case against Shell cites research by Ben Clarke, an associate at the Imperial College of London’s Centre for Environmental Policy, who found that the heavy rains and high winds made typhoon Odette more dangerous…