The Climate Question

Can investors change an oil company from within?

Some oil and gas giants are being pushed by shareholders to adopt more climate friendly strategies. An environmental law charity is suing the directors of a global oil company, arguing their climate strategy is not adequate to meet current targets, supported by other shareholders. Elsewhere, a group of investors in another fossil fuel giant, recently unseated multiple board members in an effort to force a change of direction. How effective is this form of activism?
 
Presenter Paul Connolly is joined by: 
Chris James, Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Engine No.1, US 
Camila Domonoske, NPR journalist, US 
Tariq Fancy, former Global Chief Investment officer for Sustainable Investing at BlackRock, Canada 
Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com 
Producers: Ben Cooper and Mora Morrison 
Researcher: Matt Toulson 
Production Coordinator: Siobhan Reed and Sophie Hill 
Series Producer: Alex Lewis 
Editor: China Collins 
Sound Engineer: James Beard and Rod Farquhar

A global programme that reflects the variety of takes on climate change, how best to understand it and the world’s attempts to avert it, temper it or adapt to it.
It is not about questioning whether climate change is happening, it’s about finding the best ways to respond to it.
This is sharp-edged, analytical inquiry. Hard scrutiny, touched with a sense of adventure and discovery, and where we can find it, hope.
It includes stories from across the world on why we find it so hard to save our own planet, and how we might change that.