Shell Climate Change – David Hone – Chief Climate Change Advisor for S...

On February 6th the European Commission published its Communication and Impact Assessment (IA) for a 2040 Climate Target for the EU, recommending a net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target of 90% against a 1990 baseline. According to the IA, this means...

From the perspective of the UAE Consensus and the progress made on Loss and Damage, the COP process is very much alive and the UAE Presidency should be congratulated on all that they managed to achieve. But if you are a keen follower of progress on Article...

COP28 has come and gone, with the UAE Consensus adopted and now potentially steering the world to a more rapid transition with its ambitious goals for deployment of low-carbon energy technologies. Three key goals of the UAE Consensus are:
Tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030;...

In the run-up to COP28 and at the conference itself, a key call by some nations and many observers is to include language in the COP decisions to signal the phase out of fossil fuels. While there is no question that the carbon dioxide emissions from...