We have been developing possible visions of the future since the 1970s, helping generations of Shell leaders explore ways forward and make better decisions. Shell Scenarios ask “what if?” questions encouraging leaders to consider events that may only be remote possibilities, and stretch their thinking. Our scenarios also help governments, academia and business in understanding possibilities and uncertainties ahead.
Explore three new scenarios that consider the consequences of near-term choices, including implications for the pace of energy transitions and the impact on climate.
COVID-19 is changing the world in significant ways. The Shell Scenarios team has explored the potential impact of the crisis.
Shell has been a pioneer in developing scenarios to explore the future and deepen its strategic thinking for almost 50 years.
The Sky scenario illustrates a technically possible, but challenging pathway for society to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.
How could the world meet future energy demand while reducing net carbon emissions to zero?
We turn insights about how the world is changing – politically, economically, technologically and socially – into ‘sketches’ to help us think about the future.
The Shell Scenarios team brings together experts from an array of disciplines to understand versions of the future.
Shell Scenarios since the 1970s have helped us understand how the world and its energy system could evolve in decades to come.
Two of the key long-term models of the world’s energy system developed by the Shell Scenarios Team.
Large scale reforestation could be a key lever for society to attain the stretched goal of the Paris Agreement. This, as well as other critical questions about a technically possible pathway to get to net-zero emissions are explored in the Sky scenario.
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Explore the data and timeline of the global energy transition outlined by our Sky scenario.
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