Over the past fortnight I have been fortunate to present the Sky Scenario to a number of different audiences in Doha, Delhi, Singapore and Canberra. …
Testing the limits of transition
Over the past two years, on a timetable similar to that of the IPCC 1.5°C report, the Shell scenario team has been working towards the …
After San Francisco . . . .
In mid-September the climate change focused world turned its attention to San Francisco to attend, watch, listen and participate in the myriad of events surrounding …
The future is carbon trading
From time to time it is worth revisiting the rationale behind various initiatives, in part to better understand them but also to bring clarity to …
The Role of the EU Emissions Trading System
Over recent weeks, a number of media outlets have noted the launch of a new commission in Germany, officially known as the “Commission on Growth, …
Climate Risks and ‘Hothouse Earth’
A new paper by researchers from a number of institutions, but including the Stockholm Resilience Centre and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, has made …
Stock, flow and cobalt. Issues for the EV transition.
In Shell’s recently released Sky Scenario, around 1 billion electric passenger vehicles (EVs) could be on the roads as early as the 2040s. These 1 …
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What does the carbon dioxide shortage tell us about the energy transition?
Much has been made in the UK media over the last week or so regarding the shortage of carbon dioxide as an industrial gas. The …
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