I work for Shell International Ltd. and I am the Chief Climate Change Adviser for Shell, working in the Shell scenarios team. I joined Shell in 1980 after graduating as a Chemical Engineer from the University of Adelaide in Australia. I have worked in refinery technology, oil trading and shipping areas for Shell.
I am a board member of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), was Chairman of IETA from 2011-2013 and I am also a board member of C2ES in Washington.
Author: dchone
Applying Pigouvian charges
A recent article in the Guardian argues that fossil fuels receive about $5 trillion per year globally of unseen benefits, representing some 6.5% of global GDP. …
Visualizing Change
Climate change is one of those very difficult things to see first-hand, in that we need some form of historical reference and a clear link …
The battery that made headlines
It is hard to imagine that something as mundane as a battery could make national headlines, but that is what happened last week in Australia. …
Reporting on climate science
A visit home to Australia is always interesting when it comes to climate change reporting in the media, simply because of the controversy around this …
Out now! A new book on climate change
In mid-2008 the head of the Shell media team dropped by my desk with a proposal for the company to take an early step out …
Drawdown, or not?
A recent book and associated website discusses the steps necessary to address and even reverse the current warming of the climate system. The project, known …
Can the Paris Agreement survive?
There is an element of déjà vu to the events in the White House Rose Garden last week. Just days into my new job as …
