Shell’s global climate and energy transition policy positions set out the key policies we believe are needed to help provide secure energy supplies, drive changes in consumer behaviour, and increase investment in low-carbon energy solutions. They serve as a global framework for our advocacy with governments, international organisations, industry associations, coalitions and other stakeholders, globally, regionally and within countries. We comprehensively updated our global positions in March 2024, to align with our Energy Transition Strategy 2024, and then have made minor updates in 2025 and in 2026.

Shell’s advocacy to governments supports our strategy to deliver more value with less emissions. We are committed to lobbying for policies that we believe are in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement and the world achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. This applies to our direct and indirect lobbying.

See Shell’s Climate and Energy Transition Lobbying Report 2025 (PDF, 6 MB)

for an overview of Shell’s 2025 advocacy on climate and energy transition topics, and Shell’s 2026 advocacy priorities. This covers our advocacy on topics including net-zero emissions, carbon pricing, carbon credits, upstream, methane emissions, road transport, aviation, shipping, power, carbon capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen and LNG.

Shell supports the more ambitious 1.5^oC goal of the Paris Agreement. To limit the average global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels this century, the world would need to reach net zero by around 2050, according to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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Shell is committed to lobbying for policies that we believe are in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement and the world achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. This applies to Shell’s direct and indirect lobbying.

Shell’s global climate and energy transition policy positions serve as a global framework for our advocacy with governments, international organisations, industry associations, coalitions and other stakeholders, globally, regionally and within countries. In applying these positions, we recognise that the pace of the energy transition varies around the world.

See Shell’s Climate and Energy Transition Lobbying Report 2025 (PDF, 6 MB)

for an overview of Shell’s 2025 advocacy on climate and energy transition topics, and Shell’s 2026 advocacy priorities.

Shell values our memberships of industry associations, which provide a platform for industry-wide engagements with governments, regulators and communities on a range of issues. Many of the associations we are a member of engage on public policy, legislation and regulation. They also often play an important role in developing and implementing industry standards and best practices in areas such as health, safety, security and the environment.

Within the industry associations we are a member of, Shell is committed to advocating policies that we believe are in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement and the world achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

See Shell’s industry associations webpage for further details on how we work with industry associations, including Shell’s principles for participation in industry associations, and Shell’s list of our industry association memberships. Shell also provides updates about our industry association memberships in our annual Climate and Energy Transition Lobbying Report (PDF, 6 MB)

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Shell believes that natural gas, especially in the form of LNG, acts as a stabilising force in the global energy system, providing flexibility, reliability and security of supply. It is also a lower-carbon alternative to coal for industry and power generation, and to diesel and fuel oil for heavy-duty transport and shipping.

Shell calls on governments to recognise the role of gas and LNG in the energy transition and in securing stable energy supplies, in line with the individual decarbonisation pathways of countries. Shell advocates streamlined planning, permitting and support for gas infrastructure. Shell also believe that governments should enable transparent and efficient energy markets that deliver secure supplies with minimal interventions.

Shell provides a case study about our LNG advocacy in 2025 on page 31 of our Climate and Energy Transition Lobbying Report 2025 (PDF, 6 MB)

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Shell believes that lobbying transparency is important as it helps people to better understand our advocacy activities and encourages collaboration. Shell’s Climate and Energy Transition Lobbying Report 2025 (PDF, 6 MB)

provides an update on our direct and indirect climate- and energy transition-related lobbying in 2025. It also sets out our advocacy priorities for 2026. It is the eighth year that we have reported on our industry associations and published updates about our advocacy related to climate and the energy transition.

Shell also provides further information on www.shell.com/advocacy. This includes:

• Shell’s Corporate Political Engagement Policy: This provides details of Shell’s approach to corporate political engagement in four areas: internal governance; political contributions; responsible lobbying; and recruitment and secondment of individuals between government bodies and Shell.
• Shell’s list of industry associations and similar organisations: This provides a list of industry associations and similar organisations that Shell is a member of and pays a membership fee of $50,000 or more in a specific year. Shell’s industry associations webpage also provides Shell’s principles for participation in industry associations.
• Shell’s regulated lobbying disclosures: This provides links to Shell’s regulated lobbying disclosures. Some of these include Shell’s lobbying expenditure (lobbying spend).
• Shell’s global climate and energy transition policy positions: These provide a global framework for Shell’s advocacy with governments, international organisations, industry associations, coalitions and other stakeholders.
• Shell’s annual Climate and Energy Transition Lobbying Report: This provides an annual review of Shell’s direct and indirect lobbying on key climate and energy transition topics.
• Shell’s climate and energy transition advocacy updates webpage: This provides periodic updates about our advocacy on key policies, legislation and regulation related to climate and the energy transition at an international and country level.