Asia Pacific
Taiwan has some hard decisions to make. On the one hand, it has set ambitious decarbonisation goals, but it also continues to sanction more Taiwan LNG import terminals to help fuel its growing economy.
Recent research indicates that LNG has a worse climate impact than coal, due to high methane emissions across the supply chain, so more U.S LNG in Asia represents a climate risk.
Japan’s global LNG growth is now intersecting with new export development in Canada, but it faces new research and growing backlash over continued use of the fuel.
Bangladesh’s interim government has already scrapped several Petrobangla LNG deals, sources told Gas Outlook.
A New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG) was finally clinched at COP29 in the early hours of Sunday morning.
A powerful methane monitoring programme has identified major sources of methane pollution around the world, but only a tiny number of companies and governments have responded, the UN said at COP29.
A little-known but highly toxic greenhouse gas known as tropospheric ozone harms human health and damages crops and forests, clean air experts told COP29.
The COP29 talks kicked off in Baku on Monday with a UN call to tackle the spiralling climate crisis.
Changes are underway in Asia that could see the region increase its cloud computing, data centre and AI footprint. However, at the end of the day, just how to power this digital trajectory could lead to more gas usage and in tandem, new environmental pushback.
Bangladesh’s over-reliance on fossil fuel imports will escalate further if dozens of renewable project PPAs are not signed quickly with the BPDB, sources say.
As COP29 nears its close in Baku, UN Chief António Guterres called for a decisive, ambitious climate finance deal for developing nations.
Renewables are surging globally, yet fossil fuel phase-out has stalled, says a new report by Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) released during COP29 in Baku.
The Global Climate and Health Alliance has slammed wealthy nations at COP29 saying they are blocking a climate finance deal. The coalition demands $1 trillion in grants to protect global health.
New research says that the health risk to mothers and newborns posed by global warming is a “blindspot” in the majority of national climate plans. It must not be sidelined by COP29 negotiators.
Japan is considering its nuclear future to help reach its 2050 net zero goals, but opponents still point to safety concerns. Renewable projects, despite a lack of available land mass, remain a viable long-term alternative.