I found this story today and thought it was quite significant in the Climate Change debate.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46424830
Putting aside my ongoing statistical reservations about Climate Change I do concede that the evidence is building that we need to do something to reverse trends in emissions that are harming our Climate.
The current ambassadors of this need to act include large numbers of people who are taking simple actions to contribute to this by lifestyle changes around transport, food consumption and packaging. There are also the big figures who attempt to influence the debate at national & international level, notably David Attenborough's recent apocalyptic vision of the end of the natural world. He was speaking to the United Nations and I do think that many senior politicians on the International Stage do now understand the need to act.
However the key player in the piece are currently totally disconnected with the discussion. They are the immense body of commercial interests who will suffer if they adopt changed behaviours that contribute to a reduced carbon emission. They are the energy companies, the road hauliers, the transporters, the farmers, the manufacturers and many others all of whom contribute in some way to the wealth of the nation. I cannot see them changing tack easily to a lower energy/emissions operation that reduces profits.
But then there is today's Shell story, is this a small step towards a recognition of the responsibility by commercial interests that they must change - or am I deluded?