Projects involving liquified natural gas, ammonia co-firing with coal plants and carbon capture and storage are designed to extend fossil fuel production in the region, say researchers at Zero Carbon Analytics.
A lack of country and company-specific data on Malaysia’s methane emissions, however, has constrained researchers, who are now calling on the government to mandate a reporting standard for the potent greenhouse gas.
This special report looks at how a coal plant in Batangas, Philippines, could become the world’s first to be retired using the novel class of carbon credits. Are the methodologies sound, and how will just transition plans be implemented?