This report is intended as a compendium to describe the tools available for use by industry for response to an oil spill in the Arctic.
The surge in Chinese investments in Africa has brought about a flurry of questions expressing concern over their ecological impact in the host countries. till, the principles and implementation of environmental management by Chinese firms remains largely unknown. This work is an attempt to provide some insight on this subject, based on a case study in Chad, on a project that was initiated in 2009 by the leading Chinese petroleum firm, CNPC.
This report represents the best available understanding as to what has happened to the environment of Ogoniland and the corresponding implications for affected populations over many years of oil industry operations. It provides the government, stakeholders and the international community with invaluable, baseline information on the scale of the challenge and priorities for action in terms of clean-up and remediation.
"Shell International builds a set of global scenarios every three years to explore the overarching challengest arising from changes in the business environment that need to be faced by its businesses. These scenarios provide a useful context for testing our strategies and plans and help us to anticipate significant changes in the world around us. This booklet contains a summary of our most recent scenarios, which look out to 2020.
