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#LNG Berita
Public finance institutions globally have directed nearly US$22 billion into liquified natural gas projects between 2013 and 2025, leveraging green financing frameworks to tag 36 per cent of it as environment-friendly investments, found a new report by Maritime Beyond Methane.
Ten years ago, switching from burning coal to gas was a key element of China’s policy to reduce severe air pollution.
President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr on Monday bared the finding of the reservoir that could boost the country’s energy supply, but environmentalists warn that it skipped cost-benefit analysis that may cause irreversible ecological damage.
Pengangkutan
Global shipping’s top lenders are getting increasingly aligned to IMO’s net zero target: study
Thirty-six international banks, including Japanese and Singapore funders, are closer to following the trajectory of the International Maritime Organization’s emissions goal, found a report by the Poseidon Principles.
#LNG Pendapat
Pembuatan
Getting to greener steel
Coalbed methane is an underappreciated problem of global steel production. While cutting methane emissions in the steel supply chain will not produce green steel overnight, it could reduce the sector’s emissions by the equivalent of a billion tons of carbon annually, and at little cost.
The rapid uptake of alternative fuels in shipping is outpacing international liability regimes – leaving gaps in protection against spills and accidents.
Arguments that LNG is replacing coal fail to stand up to scrutiny when considering the growth of renewables, coal plant outages, and long-term cost trends in the Philippines’ energy market.
House Bill 7705, the low carbon economy bill, could help the climate-vulnerable nation seize the economic opportunities that come with decarbonisation.
Polisi & Kewangan
APEC faces up to the China challenge
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