Oil Giant Consultant Resigns, Citing Operations Beyond 'Limits of Our Planetary Systems'

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'I can no longer work for a company that ignores all the alarms and dismisses the risks of climate change and ecological collapse.'

energy system by 2050—thus giving the world an even chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels by 2100, beyond which impacts grow increasingly catastrophic—requires halting new dirty energy projects and accelerating the shift to clean power.

Although the IEA stated unequivocally in May 2021 that"investment in new fossil fuel supply" and"new oil and natural gas fields" are incompatible with its net-zero pathway, Shell acknowledged around the same time—in a document purportedlyMoreover, in an attempt to capitalize on Russia's war on Ukraine, which has thrown Europe's energy market into disarray, Shell has beenJake...

"I can no longer work for a company that ignores all the alarms and dismisses the risks of climate change and ecological collapse," wrote Dennett. On LinkedIn, Dennett encouraged Shell's leadership"to look in the mirror and ask themselves if they really believe their vision for more oil and gas extraction secures a safe future for humanity."

"We must end all new extraction projects immediately and rapidly transition away from fossil fuels, and toward clean renewable energy sources," she added."Shell should be using all its capital, technical, and human power to lead this transition, but they have no plan to do this."

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