Will Shell-funded Energy Transitions Commission help or hinder the low carbon economy?

Will Shell-funded Energy Transitions Commission help or hinder the low carbon economy?

Sep 25th, 2015 

by John Donovan. 

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By Jessica Shankleman  |  25 Sep 2015

Will Shell-funded Energy Transitions Commission help or hinder the low carbon economy?

Oil giant Shell is backing a new organisation that is being set up to lobby governments to step up their investments in low carbon technologies, with the twin aims of boosting economic growth and tackling climate change.

But the new Energy Transitions Commission, which is due to launch on Monday with €5m to €7m of funding, has already come under fire from some green groups who fear Shell may be using the initiative to further its own aims, particularly its controversial Arctic drilling programme.

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