1) Climate change and a return to the Arctic Independent research finds that economically viable offshore US Arctic oil extraction is incompatible with restricting global temperature increases to the agreed maximum of 2 degrees. So, perhaps nothing demonstrates the disconnect between Shell's words and actions so well as the fact that on the same day as the company confirmed that it would support a shareholder resolution asking it to do more on climate change, it also announced its intention to return to the offshore US Arctic. 2) Calls for peers to be credible on climate change while funding anti-climate change groups In February, CEO Ben Van Beurden called on his industry peers to create a more informed debate on climate change and to abandon climate denial saying: " You cannot talk credibly about lowering emissions globally if, for example, you are slow to acknowledge climate change ".