David Hone

Chief Climate Change Advisor for Shell

[David Hone @davidshellblog]

@Photobox After many years of great photo books and creations it’s all gone (although luckily I knew this was coming) and I have to start again. Thanks but no thanks to future business with me. And the new app really isn’t any better. I will likely go elsewhere from now on.

[David Hone @davidshellblog]

https://t.co/DGe9iftbpL A year ago the scenarios team in Shell published The Energy Security Scenarios, a look at the world through the dual lenses of climate change and rising security concerns. Today, the two scenarios seem more prescient than ever given ongoing events.

[David Hone @davidshellblog]

The EU emissions goal for 2040 means systemic change for the EU energy system in 16 years. This is in stark contrast to the path followed over the past 20 years where emissions have been progressively squeezed through a variety of measures. https://t.co/ENpCOLXI38

[David Hone @davidshellblog]

When might fossil fuel phase out happen?
In the run-up to #COP28 and at the conference itself, a key call by some nations and many observers is to include language in the COP decisions to signal the phase out of fossil fuels. https://t.co/MMDQbbHhJY

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Has the US Inflation Reduction Act given the country an emissions mitigation lead over the EU where carbon pricing prevails and has done so for 20 years? https://t.co/9ZXHJEIT0H

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In Shell’s Energy Security Scenarios, large scale capture and storage of CO2 is a critical part of the journey to realise the goal of the Paris Agreement.

How much CO2 needs to be stored? And where is it stored? Find out more. https://t.co/ircmTcqz0p

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The recent highs in the global temperature record will probably mean another record warm year, but could 2023 end up being the first 1.5°C year? https://t.co/1BauJhoWBr

[David Hone @davidshellblog]

@CleanPowerDave It’s not an impossibility and I think we can get to NZE much sooner, but replacing every use of fossil fuels in the near term isn’t a likely outcome.

[David Hone @davidshellblog]

Simple implements we use everyday, like a pencil, hide a vast and complex industrial and energy system. Changing that system from one that emits CO2 to one that doesn't and to one that doesn't use fossil fuels at all may take up to a century to achieve. https://t.co/EBcYN1OZ4i

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At the upcoming G20 'green development' is on the agenda. With the world seeking net-zero emissions in under three decades, can the developing countries leapfrog a fossil fuel driven growth pathway? https://t.co/qSDVhNMnRl

[Royal Meteorological Society @RMetS]

Join our next Energy, Weather & Climate Forum with:

- Morgan Scott, Director of Climate READi, Sustainability & Ecosystem Stewardship, @EPRINews
- Hamid Bastani, Project Officer for the Energy Sector, @WMO

📆 12 October
🕜 1.30-4.30pm
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[David Hone @davidshellblog]

There were several important Direct Air Capture announcements made in recent days, including one from Shell. Has this nascent technology now arrived and how soon will it become a household word? https://t.co/X8IJFVWyAP

[David Hone @davidshellblog]

@RobertStavins Welcome back, Rob. I always enjoy reading your posts, but perhaps give more time to LinkedIn. It's a much better forum for actual discussions and doesn't, at least for now, have the nastiness and vitriol that has become synonymous with X (or Twitter).

[David Hone @davidshellblog]

11 years ago this evening, amazing to be there and watch @GregJRutherford

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The recently proposed #COP28UAE action plan contains a number of stretching energy system goals for this decade. What do they mean and can they be achieved? And what is missing from the list? https://t.co/7PdCzlh2Sq

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In the rush to deploy renewables, where does conventional oil and gas production stand? And what about the ongoing emissions from fossil fuel use? https://t.co/A8jldFki9J

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@rusnewton98 Because they saw you coming and had an office sweep on how long your Twitter response would be!!!

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Article 6 of the Paris Agreement is an essential component for reaching net-zero emissions, yet progress towards delivering a working business model for removals within 6.4 seems glacial with institutional headwinds. https://t.co/CLkU4DnAbS

[David Hone @davidshellblog]

@ohoisin Watching in hope that both natural and engineered removals are embraced equally within 6.4. We need both!!

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@pilitaclark And making synthetic fuel is quite challenging, although the necessary technologies are all available. https://t.co/QanMMs3VSg