In the company’s first annual shareholder meeting since it announced its planned tie-up with British energy company BG Group , BRGYY -1.58 % the climate issue took center stage, overshadowing the $70 billion deal announced in April. It took place after Shell’s Arctic-bound vessels were met with kayak-borne protests in Seattle last week. F ossil-fuel companies are coming under scrutiny ahead of climate-change talks in Paris later this year. CEO Ben van Beurden said the company was the first in the industry to acknowledge a link between CO2 emissions and climate change. “We have thought through a fairly pragmatic strategy to position your company with the long-term energy transition that is currently under way,” Mr. van Beurden said. On the Arctic, Mr. van Beurden said Shell was […]