State-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP), the world’s leading liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, has unveiled an ambitious plan to cut emissions and drastically reduce the environmental footprint of its fossil fuel operations. 

The company said its “sustainability strategy” establishes targets to align with the goals of the United Nations climate accord, aka the Paris agreement, drafted in 2015 to mitigate rising global temperatures. The plan aims to cut the emissions intensity at Qatar’s LNG facilities by 25% and by 15% at its upstream facilities.

“Qatar is the world’s largest LNG producer, and by implementing our sustainability strategy, we will play a decisive role in helping reduce the impact of climate change by implementing measures to curb emissions, produce LNG...