SHELL CITY SOLUTIONS POWERING PROGRESS WITH CITIES Germany has the energy to make the transition: Shell, one of the most important energy companies in the market, has declared its full support for the climate protection goals of the Paris Agreement. The company has already begun to make its contribution as a significant player in Germany’s energy transition. Shell has set a group target to become a net-zero emissions company by 2050, in step with society. As part of this commitment, it is focussing
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on the opportunities for implementing concepts for city solutions.
A global corporation reinvents itself: Shell on its way to becoming an energy company, meeting the challenges of the future by tackling them today.
Population growth and increasing prosperity are set to send demand for energy soaring in the coming years. Based on rough estimates, the world’s population could rise to more than nine billion people by the middle of the century, with 70 % of them living in cities. One of the key questions is therefore how to design urban space and draw up sustainable urban development plans that respond specifically to the challenges of growing numbers of residents and the associated impact on energy supplies. New energy sources will emerge, while others will struggle to keep pace with developments. An unprecedented collaboration between political decision makers, industry and consumers is needed to build more sustainable cities, tackle the pressure on resources and simultaneously create cleaner ways to supply households and vehicles with electricity.
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The challenges of individual urban development and learning from expert exchanges in global networks Studies have shown that, while every city may be unique, there are fundamental needs that are the same in most cities and must be prioritised to meet our goal of building sustainable cities. This is both a local and a global task. One of its most important aspects is devising intelligent urban development plans for supplying the population and the economy with energy and providing mobility. Shell is responding by restructuring its portfolio and strengthening its focus on commercial and public partnerships in order to promote progress jointly by providing more and cleaner energy and mobility solutions. The company follows a user-centred approach, whereby it
