The schoolchildren on strike from school today in more than 100 countries are staging a global protest essentially about the failure of my generation to deal with climate change ..read more

Oil giant reveals first short-term emissions target, to cut company's net carbon footprint by 2-3 per cent by 2021 Shell revealed details of its first ever time-bound emissions target yesterday, pledging in its 2019 annual report to cut the net carbon footprint of the company by two to three per cent by 2021. It is the first of a rolling series of three to five year time-bound net carbon footprint targets from the oil giant, following a significant policy shift that was confirmed late last year ..read more