Shell calls on investors to vote for its new climate strategy

Shareholder activists say cleaner energy transition fails to meet Paris climate goals and they will put rival scheme to oil firm's AGM

Royal Dutch Shell has urged investors to vote for its strategy to shift the business towards cleaner energy sources, despite warnings that the plan does not go far enough to meet the Paris climate agreement goals.

The oil company set out its energy transition plan before its annual shareholder meeting in May, when investors will be able to take part in an advisory vote on Shell's climate plans for the first time. The vote will not be binding.