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advertorialenergy·1988 / unsealed 1995

Shell 1988 confidential greenhouse report

The Public Register1995
Shell International Public Affairscorporate advertising, International Public Campaign
Shell is committed to meeting the world's energy demands cleanly and responsibly. Sound environmental policy must rest on validated scientific facts rather than alarmism.
The Private Artifact1988
Shell Planning Groupconfidential strategy division, Confidential Report: 'The Greenhouse Effect'
By the time the global warming becomes detectable, it could be too late to take effective countermeasures to reduce the effects... Changes in the atmosphere could lead to major shifts in agriculture, coastal inundation, and weather extremes.
Exhibit: Shell_1988_Greenhouse_Confidential

The Split:Shell cautioned against 'alarmism' in public marketing while keeping a confidential report in its files warning that waiting for warming to become detectable would be too late to prevent catastrophic coastal inundation.

The Tell (How to spot this next time):

When an institution warns against 'premature alarmism', check whether its confidential strategy group already documented that waiting guarantees catastrophe.

journalism-archive pipeLeaked to Dutch investigative journalist and posted to Climate Files.