Representatives from energy companies including Shell and Statoil have joined forces to advise on making cleaner energy decisions.
Shell Chairman Chad Holliday, Statoil Vice-President Bjorn Otto Sverdrup and RWE Chief Executive Peter Terium are among a list of commissioners acting in a personal capacity to advise governments on how to change their energy markets without damaging the environment.
In its launch paper the Energy Transitions Commission said: “It is inherently difficult to change from proven development paths to something more fundamentally uncertain, but change we must.”
The group said it aims to help decision-makers in making informed choices by providing research and encouraging debate.
The commission will be formally launched at an event in Texas next week.
The initiative follows closely in the footsteps of a call made by oil and gas companies, including Shell and Statoil as well as BP, Total, BG Group and ENI, for the introduction of a carbon pricing system.
