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  • 1.  SPE Climate Strategy Webinar: Meeting the Goals of the Paris Agreement

    Posted 09-11-2018 04:16 PM
    Edited by Heidi Lajesic 09-12-2018 02:40 PM

    The HSE & Sustainability webinar series is kicking off on September 19th with our first speaker -  David Hone, Shell Climate Advisor and member of the SPE Climate Strategy Implementation Working Group.

    Every month an awareness raising webinar will address a key topic with an esteemed speaker and moderator facilitating the knowledge sharing and internal engagement.   Let's make these webinars a success and encourage wide participation amongst members and non-members.

    Hope you can attend and take advantage of this great opportunity to learn about the Shell Sky Scenarios and interact with an expert and author of Putting the Genie Back: Solving the Climate and Energy Dilemma.


    Please find details below.

    Meeting the Goals of the Paris Agreement: The Sky Scenarios

    SPE Climate Strategy Webinar:  September 19th
    Speaker: David Hone, Shell Climate Change Advisor
    Moderated by: Phil Grossweiller, Member Climate Strategy Implementation Working Group and Chair, Human Factors Technical Section

    A new energy system is emerging. The Paris Agreement has sent a signal around the world: climate change is a serious issue that governments are determined to address. By 2070 there is the potential for a very different energy system to emerge.
     
    The Sky Scenario outlines what is believed to be a technologically, industrially, and economically possible route forward, consistent with limiting the global average temperature rise to well below 2°C from pre-industrial levels. It reveals the potential for an energy system to emerge that brings modern energy to all in the world, without delivering a climate legacy that society cannot readily adapt to. The changes are economy-wide, sector-specific, and amount to re-wiring the global economy in just 50 years.

     

    Register at the link above.

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    Johana Dunlop
    SPE Board Member, Technical Director, HSE
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  • 2.  RE: SPE Climate Strategy Webinar: Meeting the Goals of the Paris Agreement

    Posted 09-12-2018 09:31 AM
    ​Johanna,

    The US has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement because it addresses fictional problems of Anthropogenic Global Warming.  The "new energy" system you refer to is not viable and does not provide any degree of sustainability to our industry.  The energy industry has had and is having no significant impact on climate.  Competent engineers do not attempt to solve problems that can't even be proven to exist.  Any participation in SPE's climate strategy is a huge waste of time and resources.

    Regards,
    Brian

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    Brian Coats
    Coats Engineering
    brian@coatsengineering.com
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  • 3.  RE: SPE Climate Strategy Webinar: Meeting the Goals of the Paris Agreement

    Posted 09-14-2018 11:10 PM
    Sounds interesting. Hope to listen in.