‘Critical juncture’: Sir Ian Wood and Maggie McGinlay talk COP, Torry and Aberdeen’s energy transition

‘Critical juncture’: Sir Ian Wood and Maggie McGinlay talk COP, Torry and Aberdeen’s energy transition

“I feel we deserve to be condemned if we weren’t doing everything we possibly can to find alternatives, but I really believe we are”, claims Sir Ian Wood.

Looking ahead to the UN COP26 in Glasgow, the oil tycoon-turned-philanthropist says: “We have a crisis on our hands, I’m not going to dodge that at all. Climate change is already manifest which I hope will be motivational for some countries to some extent”.

But looking to home, first, the former head of energy services giant Wood Plc said there has been a “mindset change” in the industry and the “energy majors – not the oil and gas majors” who are helping to finance the transition.