Southeast Asia has been bannering ambitious plans for gas in recent years, backed by financiers keen to fuel a more catastrophic climate crisis. Soaring energy prices and a rapidly closing window to meet climate imperatives dictate that the mad dash for gas in SEA must be stopped. Launched as the second week of COP 27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt begins and ahead the G20 summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, CEED’s special report builds on the Financing a Fossil Future 2022 report and zooms in on rising energy prices and the need to halt emissions, especially methane, amid the intensifying climate crisis.
