Climate Pressure on Shell Is Warning to Oil Industry

Call for emissions targets represent shift in approach from investors

Investors are upping the ante on big oil companies over climate change, demanding they take more concrete action to help curb global warming.

The issue is set to come into focus at Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s annual meeting Tuesday where investors with nearly $8 trillion under management will call on the company to go beyond already ambitious plans to curb emissions, according to a copy of the statement seen by The Wall Street Journal.

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