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This blog post is part of the AUCEL COP26 series
I was honoured to attend COP26 in week 2 as part of the University of Aberdeen delegation.
On the final day, I shared my thoughts “live” at 4pm while protestors walked by, as part of the Aberdeen…
On 29 January 2021, thirteen years after four Nigerian farmers and fisherfolks, Chief Fidelis Oguru, Mr Alali Efanga, Chief Barizaa Dooh and Elder Friday Alfred Akpan, instituted lawsuits in the Netherlands with the support of Milleudefensie, the Hague Court of Appeal found Royal Dutch Shell’s (Shell) subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development…
There are only two tragedies in life…
Oscar Wilde
I have talked multiple times in print[1] and in lectures of Ireland’s need to live up to the distinguished legacy of John Tyndall (1820–1893), the Irish scientist who made vital contributions to our understanding of the science behind climate change.
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After weathering the storm that was the price collapse of 2014, the oil industry has again been hit in recent months by two new blows almost simultaneously: oversupply (caused by the failure of negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Russia to agree on production cuts and the aggressive response of the…
This blog post builds on Prof Tina Soliman Hunter's post titled “Shell decommissioning of the Brent Platform - haven’t we been here before?” (18 April 2017). I suggest that it might be helpful to read that post prior to reading this one.
If we thought the Brent Spar incident in…
