The energy future
The Paris Agreement has sent a signal around the world: climate change is a serious issue that governments are determined to address. A new energy system is emerging. It will unfold over decades, moving at different paces in different places.
Inside The energy future
Our climate target
Shell’s target is to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050, in step with society.
Building low-carbon demand, sector by sector
Shell is working with others to help address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across different sectors. Read more about developments in each sector.
Shell Scenarios
Shell Scenarios ask “what if?” questions about the future. They help us, governments and academia understand possibilities and uncertainties ahead.
Future transport
We are innovating to help people and goods move around an ever more crowded world more cleanly and efficiently.
Future cities
Which city best suits your lifestyle? Answer our future cities quiz and compare 500 cities worldwide to find out.
Energy Transition Progress Report
Read how Shell is progressing with the Energy Transition Strategy that investors supported in 2021
Sky scenario
The Sky scenario illustrates a technically possible, but challenging pathway for society to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Explore Sky, our latest Shell scenario
Energy resources are spread across the planet
The Global Energy Resource database is our tool for exploring the world’s fossil and renewable energy resources. Do you know how energy resources are distributed around the world?
Adair Turner: we need action on climate change
The former financial regulator Adair Turner on why he is chairing the Energy Transition Commission.
Read the story on Inside Energy
The energy problem to solve in this lifetime
The brightest minds in the energy sector share their personal highlights of 2017 and the one energy problem they would like to see solved in their lifetimes.
Read them on Inside Energy
Keeping momentum after Paris
The energy future is not just in the hands of governments and businesses, argues Laszlo Varro. Consumers also have a huge role to play.
Read the Inside Energy story