A Scottish court on Thursday ruled against the development of two oil and gas fields in the North Sea in a "historic win" for two environmental groups.

A court ruling requires the British government to consider the potential climate impact of the oil and gas produced in the North Sea.

The approval of the North Sea oil fields has been quashed while a revised environmental impact assessment is submitted.

Taking their case to the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Greenpeace and Uplift argued that the effects of downstream burning of fuel extracted from the Rosebank oil field, north-west of Shetland, and the Jackdaw gas field, off Aberdeen, had not been considered when licences to exploit them were issued in 2022 and 2023 respectively.

A U.K. court on Thursday blocked the U.K.'s two biggest offshore oil and gas developments from producing any fossil fuels, ruling that "the private interest of members of the public in climate change outweigh the private interest of the developers.

Scotland’s supreme civil court has declared the approval of the UK’s North Sea Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields unlawful, overturning consent for their development.

A legal challenge by green campaigners to block drilling at the massive proposed development off Shetland has been upheld by the Court of Session.

Consent for two oil and gas fields off Scotland's coast was unlawful, Scotland's highest civil court has ruled. Campaigners challenged the UK Government on its permissions for the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields.

The proposed Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea have been ruled unlawful by the Court of Session in Edinburgh

The decision at Scotland’s Court of Session means the Labour Government will now have to decide whether to approve drilling for the fuel fossil projects

Permissions for Shell’s Jackdaw and Equinor’s Rosebank oil and gas fields were granted unlawfully, Scottish court rules, & fresh consent needs to be sought

Britain’s two biggest offshore oil and gas developments have been blocked from producing any fossil fuels after a judge quashed their production permits in a row over greenhouse