Asia gas expansion threatens green transition: report

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Southeast Asia is on track to vastly expand its gas-fired power plant and liquid natural gas import capacity, threatening its green energy transition, a report warned Thursday.

Natural gas emits less carbon dioxide than most other fossil fuels, but methane leaks from the gas industry are a key component of climate change. Photo: Mohd RASFAN / AFP

But methane leaks from the gas industry are a key component of climate change, and the International Energy Agency has warned LNG should only have a"limited role" in moving away from coal. It acknowledged, however, that renewables potential is unevenly distributed across the region, with some countries better placed to harness wind or solar than others.

 

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