Pourquoi le gaz n’est pas une énergie de transition ?

The document challenges six common arguments used to justify financial support for gas expansion, asserting that new gas projects are incompatible with a 1.5°C warming limit and that global gas demand will peak by 2030.

• New upstream gas projects and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals are incompatible with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, as evidenced by the International Energy Agency's Net Zero Emissions scenario.
• Global gas demand is projected to peak in 2030, making the development of new gas infrastructure unnecessary, especially since some existing infrastructure is already oversized.
• Despite being marketed as 'low-carbon', fossil gas emissions can be as high as coal emissions due to high leakage rates, and the fuel causes atmospheric pollution linked to serious respiratory pathologies.
• LNG infrastructure in Europe has increased following the energy crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine, despite falling gas demand; LNG is more emissive than pipeline gas and carries significant economic risks.
• New gas assets risk becoming stranded assets as demand drops, and they generally cannot be converted for other energy sources, except for long-distance hydrogen transport to industrial sites or long-term hydrogen storage.

APA

Martin, L. (2024). Pourquoi le gaz n’est pas une énergie de transition ? Reclaim Finance. https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2024/11/13/pourquoi-le-gaz-nest-pas-une-energie-de-transition/

Chicago

Martin, Léo. Pourquoi le gaz n’est pas une énergie de transition ? Reclaim Finance, 2024. https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2024/11/13/pourquoi-le-gaz-nest-pas-une-energie-de-transition/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{martin2024pourquoi, author = {Martin, Léo}, title = {{Pourquoi le gaz n’est pas une énergie de transition ?}}, publisher = {Reclaim Finance}, year = {2024}, month = nov, url = {https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2024/11/13/pourquoi-le-gaz-nest-pas-une-energie-de-transition/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }