Shell's own «review of the scientific uncertainty and the evolution of energy systems indicates that
policies to curb greenhouse gases beyond «no
regrets»
measures could be premature, divert economic resources from more pressing needs and further distort markets,» a February 1995 management brief advised.
Accordingly, over the next few decades the focus of climate
policy should be to: (a) broadly advance sustainable development (particularly in developing countries since that would generally enhance their adaptive capacity to cope with numerous problems that currently beset them, including climate - sensitive problems), (b) reduce vulnerabilities to climate - sensitive problems that are urgent today and might be exacerbated by future climate change, and (c) implement «no -
regret» emission reduction
measures while at the same time striving to expand the universe of such
measures through research and development of cleaner and more affordable technologies.