Duty of care: TotalEnergies welcomes the Paris Court of Appeal’s decision not to ban its oil projects

"TotalEnergies is pleased to note that the Paris Commercial Court did not uphold, in its ruling, the claims made by the associations and the City of Paris seeking to have its new oil and gas projects banned or to compel it to reduce its oil and gas production", the multinational stated on 25 June 2026.

This is in response to its conviction for breaches of its duty of climate vigilance, handed down by the Paris Commercial Court in the legal dispute between the company and Notre Affaire à Tous, Sherpa, France Nature Environnement and the City of Paris.

In this first trial based on the concept of the duty of climate vigilance, the claimants sought a court ruling to ban TotalEnergies’ projects “in the exploration phase or those for which investment has not yet been finalised, as they are incompatible with decarbonisation targets”.

According to the oil and gas company, the judgement “confirms that the law on the duty of care ‘is not intended to hold the companies concerned liable for the risks associated with climate change resulting from all human activity on the planet since the…