Prof. Aseem Prakash and colleague Prof. Nives Dolšak write on the Forbes web site, "Climate groups have scored impressive wins over oil companies. A small hedge fund...successfully lead a shareholder revolt to get two directors, who want more aggressive climate action, elected to ExxonMobil’s board."
"These wins have created a lot of excitement. Some ask whether climate policy has reached a “social tipping point,” a self-reinforcing contagion process that will decarbonize the economy. Tipping points can be activated by interventions such as divesting from fossil fuel assets or exposing the moral failings of a fossil fuel economy, both of which are reflected in the recent developments in Chevron, Shell, and ExxonMobil."
"The International Energy Agency recommends a complete halt in new fossil fuel projects to limit temperature increases to 2 degrees Celsius. Should then Joe Biden, America’s climate President, bless new investments in oil exploration or pipelines?"