A roundup of news and commentary from NGI’s LNG Insight

  • China, the world’s largest carbon emitter, is aiming to reach peak emissions before 2030 and be carbon-neutral by 2060. President Xi Jinping outlined the goals during an address before the United Nations. No details were provided about how the world’s second largest natural gas importer would reach the targets.
  • “If any country can achieve such ambitious goals it will be China,” said Wood Mackenzie’s Gavin Thompson, Asia Pacific vice chairman. “Strong state support and coordination have proven extremely effective at reaching economic goals. If this is now directed towards climate change, then China is capable of transforming its carbon emissions trajectory over the coming four decades in exactly the same way it has...