Report: Gas infrastructure investment risks breaching Paris Agreement goals

James Murray
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New report argues the ability to use gas as a 'briding fuel' is limited by the need to keep global temperature increases below 1.5C and 2C goals

Investment in gas infrastructure risks locking the world into a path that ensures the temperature goals set out in the Paris Agreement are breached. That is the stark warning contained in a new report...

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