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It identifies the project's ESS category as 'A' due to involuntary resettlement, and lists the specific reports, such as the Resettlement Plan and Initial Environmental Examination, that have been made available to the public and affected stakeholders in Davao.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005196#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Davao Public Transport Modernization Project is classified under ESS category A, specifically designated as 'category B for Environment, category B for Indigenous Peoples, category A for Involuntary Resettlement' according to ADB policies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005196#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Several safeguard documents were disclosed in January 2022, including a 'Draft Initial Environmental Examination' which contains the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP), and a 'Resettlement Plan' providing 'assessment and measures, as well as time-bound actions and budgets, for projects with involuntary resettlement'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005196#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Disclosure of project information was conducted in specific locations within Davao to ensure accessibility for affected peoples, including 'Barangay Buhangin Cabantian', 'Bunawan Proper', 'Calinan Proper', 'Calinan Lacson', 'Panacan', 'Catalunan Pequeño', and 'Bato'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gclifun-005196#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["public transport","Environmental and Social Safeguards","sustainable finance"],"geography_discussed":["Cambodia","Indonesia","Laos","Malaysia","Myanmar","Thailand","Vietnam"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["disclosure report"]},{"id":"iisd-001675","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-001675","title":"Investment Dispute Prevention and Management Agencies","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2022-01","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-10/investment-dispute-prevention-management-agencies-policy-discussion.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report analyzes Investment Dispute Prevention and Management Agencies (DPMAs), which are government bodies designed to prevent or manage investor-state disputes. 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This group is defined as those living outside of rural and urban poverty but on less than USD 10.01 per day. There is a concern that this group may purchase affordable but inefficient air conditioners or refrigerators, which could lead to a significant rise in energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000010#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The COVID-19 pandemic reversed a previous downward trend in the lower-middle-income population, returning levels to those seen in 2018. In 2021, the pandemic caused an estimated 165 million additional people globally to live on less than USD 5.50 per day, with 82 million in South Asia and 15 million in Sub-Saharan Africa.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000010#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"India, China, and Indonesia had the highest absolute numbers of lower-middle-income populations, with India seeing an increase of approximately 45.2 million people. The most significant relative increases were found in Papua New Guinea (19.2%), Iran (13.4%), and Sudan (9.6%). Conversely, Mozambique experienced the largest reduction in this population segment, decreasing by approximately 18.2%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000010#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Asia and the Middle East contain the vast majority of the lower-middle-income population in high-impact countries, accounting for 81% of the global total (1.94 billion people). This regional population grew by nearly 100 million in the last year and 158 million since 2020. The highest proportional increases occurred in Iran (13.4%), Sri Lanka (9.6%), and Iraq (8.7%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000010#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"In Africa, 31 high-impact countries represent about 15% of the global lower-middle-income population, totaling 361.1 million people in 2022. Egypt and Nigeria have the largest populations in this group, while Algeria, Morocco, and Sudan each have over 20 million. In contrast, the lower-middle-income population is below 3% in the Congo (DR), Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and Somalia.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000010#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"In Latin America and the Caribbean, the lower-middle-income population grew by 6.6 million to reach 88 million in 2022, representing 3.7% of the global total. Brazil saw the largest absolute increase with approximately 5 million more people, while Argentina and Peru increased by 400,000 and 130,000 people respectively. 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Since 2018, this population has grown by 93.2 million people, driven by factors such as fast-growing urbanization and challenges related to electricity access and housing quality.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000021#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The urban poor face high risks not only from a lack of cooling technology but also from poor housing quality that fails to protect against extreme heat, insufficient income to operate fans, and unreliable electricity that leads to food spoilage and nutritional risks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000021#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"India, China, and Nigeria are the three countries with the highest absolute numbers of urban poor. India saw the largest absolute increase of 10.5 million people (6 percent) between 2021 and 2022. In terms of relative proportional increases, Yemen (10 percent) and Myanmar (7 percent) experienced the highest growth.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000021#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Asia and the Middle East contain the majority of the global urban poor at high risk, with 512.3 million people across 16 high-impact countries, representing 64 percent of the global total. In Yemen, 74 percent of all urban residents are at high risk.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000021#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"In Africa, the urban poor at risk grew by 7.8 million to reach 238.3 million in 2022, accounting for 30 percent of the global at-risk urban poor population. Nigeria contributed 45 percent of this regional increase, adding 3.5 million people.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000021#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Latin America and the Caribbean saw its first decrease in the number of urban poor at risk since tracking began, with a total reduction of over 420,000 people. 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It proposes shifting from top-down conservation to inclusive partnerships that respect human rights and provide tangible socio-economic benefits. The document details strategies for managing human-tiger conflict (HTC) through the 'Safe Systems Approach,' explores sustainable financing models like Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) and conservation performance payments, and advocates for the recognition of 'Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures' (OECMs) to expand protected habitats beyond traditional reserves.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000803#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"In 2020, an estimated 47 million people lived within the boundaries of the tiger range, with another 85 million residing within 10km of these landscapes. 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In some communities, tigers are viewed as sacred or as enforcers of moral codes, which can foster coexistence even when conflict occurs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000803#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Gender disparities exist in the experience of human-tiger conflict; women often bear a disproportionate burden of costs and risks, such as threats to personal safety during daily activities, yet are frequently excluded from decision-making processes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000803#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The 'Safe Systems Approach' to human-tiger conflict (HTC) management integrates six essential elements: understanding the conflict, prevention, response, mitigation, monitoring, and policy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000803#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Prey depletion is a primary driver of livestock predation. Maintaining wild prey populations is a critical preventative measure to reduce human-tiger conflict.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000803#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) are vital for reducing the escalation of conflict and preventing retaliatory killings by providing immediate verification of incidents and emergency assistance.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000803#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Traditional compensation schemes often fail because they address symptoms rather than root causes and are frequently plagued by bureaucratic delays and lack of transparency.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000803#insight-11","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) provide a mechanism to recognize and protect biodiversity in areas outside formal protected areas, such as Indigenous territories or managed forests, which is essential for achieving the '30x30' global conservation goal.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000803#insight-12","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Sustainable financing can be achieved through 'payments to encourage coexistence,' which reward communities for conservation success (e.g., verified sightings) rather than merely compensating for losses.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000803#insight-13","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES), including REDD+ carbon credit schemes, offers a way to fund tiger conservation by valuing the carbon storage and water regulation services provided by tiger habitats.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000803#insight-14","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change","biodiversity conservation","indigenous rights","climate finance","Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation","carbon sequestration","Sustainable Development Goals"],"geography_discussed":["World","Namibia","Tanzania","Belize","Mexico","United States","Sweden"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy assessment","socio-economic analysis","ecological forecasting","case study review"]},{"id":"saiia-002017","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/saiia-002017","title":"African States at the UN Human Rights Council in 2019","publisher":{"name":"South African Institute of International Affairs","organization":"south-african-institute-of-international-affairs"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2021-12","source_url":"https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Special-Report-AGDP-Jordaan.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report analyzes the 2019 HRC voting records of 13 African member states, finding a significant lack of unity within the African Group. 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Overall, the report suggests a general unwillingness among African states to defend international human rights, with a noted decline in support since 2017.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-002017#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"African states exhibited a complete lack of unity in their voting on civil and political rights in 2019; for all 26 votes in this category, at least one state voted yes, one voted no, and one abstained.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-002017#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"South Africa, Rwanda, and Burkina Faso were identified as the strongest supporters of international human rights within the African Group during 2019, while Cameroon, Egypt, and Eritrea were the most opposed.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-002017#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a stark discrepancy between African states' support for resolutions concerning Israel and their support for other country-specific human rights resolutions; in 2019, African states voted in favor of Israel resolutions 72% of the time, but only 16% of the time for other pro-human rights country-specific resolutions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-002017#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The African Group's overall support for international human rights has declined since 2017, with the percentage of individual votes supporting human rights dropping from 33% in 2017 to 14% in 2018, remaining similarly low in 2019.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-002017#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"African states generally avoid sponsoring or co-sponsoring critical country-specific resolutions, except for those regarding Israel, often preferring 'technical assistance and capacity-building' resolutions that require the consent of the target state.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-002017#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report finds that a state's domestic human rights record is an unreliable predictor of its HRC performance, citing Rwanda as an 'unfree' state that consistently supports human rights at the HRC.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-002017#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["South Africa","Rwanda","Burkina Faso","Cameroon","Egypt","Eritrea","Israel","Myanmar","Syria","Venezuela","Yemen","Burundi","Philippines","Nicaragua","Georgia","Ukraine","Belarus","Iran"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["voting record analysis","comparative ranking"]},{"id":"saiia-001786","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/saiia-001786","title":"China-powered ICT Infrastructure: Lessons from Tanzania and Cambodia","publisher":{"name":"South African Institute of International Affairs","organization":"south-african-institute-of-international-affairs"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2021-11","source_url":"https://saiia.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Policy-Briefing-252-agbebi-xue-yu.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document examines China's role as a primary funder and contractor of ICT networks in the Global South, specifically through the Digital Silk Road (DSR) initiative. It compares the implementation of a submarine fibre optic cable in Cambodia and the National ICT Broadband Backbone in Tanzania. The analysis finds that while these projects generally had limited environmental impacts and provided essential connectivity, they suffered from a lack of transparency and mixed results in socioeconomic mitigation, such as limited high-level technology transfer and underutilisation of infrastructure.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001786#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Chinese ICT projects in Tanzania and Cambodia generally resulted in limited environmental, socioeconomic, and governance (ESG) outcomes, with minimal environmental impacts but a notable lack of transparency.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001786#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Digital Silk Road (DSR), a pillar of the Belt and Road Initiative, aims to expand global digital connectivity through cross-border optical cables and e-commerce, with China signing DSR MOUs with 16 countries and e-commerce MOUs with 19 countries by 2019.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001786#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Cambodia, the AAE-1 submarine fibre optic cable project, involving a $69.7 million investment over 25 years by CFOCN (a HyalRoute Group branch), reduced Cambodia's dependence on Vietnam for network sustainability but lacked transparency regarding financing, procurement, and employment in its ESIA report.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001786#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Tanzania's National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB), financed by approximately $264 million in China Exim Bank loans, improved e-education and e-government services but faced challenges with underutilisation and inadequate local management due to limited capacity building by the contractor.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001786#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The NICTBB project in Tanzania created over 9,000 local jobs, but technology transfer was limited as local firm participation was restricted to the lower end of the technology value chain.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001786#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There are distinct patterns in China's ICT engagement: African projects are typically government-to-government initiatives backed by concessional loans, whereas Southeast Asian projects involve more market bidding, non-concessional loans, and greater efforts to engage local elites and legal frameworks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-001786#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["infrastructure investment","technology transfer","climate finance"],"geography_discussed":["People's Republic of China","Southeast Asia","Africa","Vietnam","Malaysia","Philippines","Thailand","Laos","Myanmar","Indonesia","Singapore","Cameroon","Nigeria","Kenya","Ethiopia","Guinea","Ivory Coast","Sierra Leone"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study","policy analysis","comparative analysis"]},{"id":"sei-001533","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-001533","title":"Wetland Rapid Assessment Methodology အထက်ချင််းတွင််းမြစ် ၀ှြ််းဒေသတ၀ က် ချင််းတွင််းမြစ်ဒေဒေဒေလဲဒေသက ထ န််းသ ြ််းေန်အတွက် ေပ်ေ ွာလူထ အဒမခမပြုဘက်စံ စီြံခန ်ခွဲြှု ဒကျ်းေ ွာြျွာ်း၏ အဒမခခံသတင််းအချက်အလက်ြျွာ်းအွာ်း အကဲမြတ်ဆန််းစစ်ဒလေ့လွာမခင််းလက်စွဲ","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"guide","language":"en","date_published":"2021-11","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/rapid-wetland-assessment-manual-myanmar-final1-rd.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document outlines a Wetland Rapid Assessment (RVA) methodology designed for the Upper Chindwin River Basin. It provides a structured approach to collecting basic site data, mapping vegetation, and assessing ecosystem services using the RAWES toolkit. The manual includes criteria for identifying wetlands of international importance based on Ramsar standards and a detailed framework for evaluating threats, such as pollution, invasive species, and climate change. 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Despite ongoing negotiations, some countries are already implementing these plans; Switzerland has partnerships with Peru, Ghana, Senegal, and Georgia, while Japan works with 17 partner countries and South Korea is in talks with Vietnam, Peru, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000308#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant imbalance in the UN-regulated carbon market, as approximately 120 countries have included carbon markets in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs)—representing about a third of global emissions—but there are very few potential buyer countries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000308#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The voluntary carbon market is dominated by the private sector and is largely unregulated, which facilitates large-scale greenwashing. While many demand that Article 6 provide guidance for this sector, it is unlikely that these rules will directly apply to voluntary offsetting, although an agreement could send a political signal regarding acceptable practices.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000308#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Carbon markets suffer from a paradox of oversupply of low-quality credits and a scarcity of high-integrity credits. Both UN and voluntary markets have a surplus of low-quality credits, while companies seeking integrity struggle to find credits that correspond to real, accurately quantified CO2e reductions or quality emission removal credits.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cmw-000308#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A major point of contention in Article 6 negotiations is the treatment of legacy credits from the Kyoto protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). 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This means approximately two-thirds of all natural rubber imports into the EU may be missing from the assessment.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"mearth-000004#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Rubber expansion has caused significant tropical forest loss; between 2003 and 2017, over five million hectares were cleared in mainland Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. In Cambodia specifically, rubber replaced over half a million hectares of tropical forest between 2001 and 2015, representing 23% of the country's gross forest loss.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"mearth-000004#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Global demand for natural rubber is forecast by the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) to increase by 33% by 2030, rising from 12.7 million tonnes in 2020 to 16.9 million tonnes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"mearth-000004#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Increased rubber demand is predicted to cause catastrophic biodiversity loss and carbon emissions. Conversion of intact dense forest to rubber is estimated to generate carbon losses of 141.5 tC per ha, while open forest losses are 51.5 tC per ha.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"mearth-000004#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The EU's rubber land footprint is substantial, with an estimated 594,000 hectares required annually for tire use, representing 5% of the global harvested area. This footprint is primarily located in Indonesia (32%), Thailand (23%), Malaysia (11%), Cote d’Ivoire (10%), and China (10%).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"mearth-000004#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Africa is identified as a potential new deforestation frontier for rubber, as the EU seeks to reduce its dependence on Southeast Asia. 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It further criticizes the continued support of public financial institutions for gas projects and advocates for a transition to clean energy portfolios.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000205#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Asia has planned gas infrastructure investments totaling $379 billion, comprising $189 billion for gas-fired power plants, $54 billion for pipelines, and $136 billion for LNG import/export terminals.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000205#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The proposed expansion of gas-fired power plants in Asia totals 320 GW, which would nearly double the region's existing gas power capacity and increase global gas power capacity by one-fifth.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000205#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Asia is the primary driver of the global LNG market, with new LNG import terminal capacity of 452 million tonnes per year, representing 70% of the world's developing capacity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000205#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The full operation of proposed LNG terminals and pipelines in Asia could release 117 giga tonnes of CO2 equivalent (Gt CO2-eq) over their lifespan, which is approximately one-quarter of the global carbon budget required to limit warming to 1.5°C.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000205#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Gas infrastructure investments face significant economic risks of becoming stranded assets due to the rapidly declining costs of renewable energy and the volatility of LNG prices.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000205#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Public financial institutions have provided substantial funding for Asian gas projects, with $22.4 billion provided between 2014 and 2018, led by the Export-Import Bank of China, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000205#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Renewable energy is presented as a more cost-effective and reliable alternative to gas, with utility-scale solar being the cheapest power source in China and India.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000205#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"China is the largest planned investor in gas infrastructure in the region, with $131 billion in planned investments.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000205#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Vietnam has significant proposed investments in gas infrastructure, though less than 1% of these planned investments have reached the construction phase.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000205#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["natural gas","liquefied natural gas","gas-fired power station","carbon budget","methane emissions","stranded asset","renewable energy","climate finance","Net-zero emissions","energy transition","solar energy","wind power","energy storage"],"geography_discussed":["People's Republic of China","Vietnam","India","Indonesia","Thailand","Japan","South Korea","Bangladesh","Pakistan","Philippines","Myanmar","United States","Europe","Russia"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["infrastructure assessment","economic risk analysis","emissions modeling","financial tracking"]},{"id":"gem-000230","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/gem-000230","title":"Lock-in ng Gas sa Asya","publisher":{"name":"Global Energy Monitor","organization":"global-energy-monitor"},"document_type":"report","language":"tl","date_published":"2021-10","source_url":"https://globalenergymonitor.org/sites/default/files/migration/reports/GEM_AsiaGas2021_r8_Tagalog-1_11.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report identifies a massive planned expansion of gas infrastructure in Asia, totaling US$379 billion, which includes 320 GW of power plants, 63,000 km of pipelines, and 452 mtpa of LNG import capacity. 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