Climate Action Tracker - Natural Gas in Africa - Why fossil fuels cannot sustainably meet the

Natural gas in Africa - May 2022 Climate Action Tracker Natural Gas in Africa Why fossil fuels cannot sustainably meet the continent’s growing energy demand May 2022 Summary Natural gas is on the rise globally & in Africa—the opposite of what’s needed to meet the Paris Agreement Fossil fuel use is on the rise, with 70% of the increase in fossil CO2 emissions projected to come from natural gas by 2. [...] – – – – 3.8 17.6 1.7 – – 2.6 – – – – – – – – – – – 25.8 Germany  – – – – – 13.0 31.2 1.6 – – 56.3 – – – – – – – – – – – 102.0 Italy  – – – – – 1.6 5.4 8.4 † – 19.7 – – – – – 11.5 4.2 – – – – 50.8 ThNeth ecrlaondms  bustion –of g–as i–s res– po–nsib–le 2f0.o0 r 7a.2bou–t 20–%1 1o.2f gl–oba–l en–erg–y-re–late–d CO– e–mis–sion–s—–or 378.4.2 Spain  – – – – – – 1.2 2.1 – – – – – – – – 9.1 – 2 – – – – 1. [...] Th–e cu– rre–nt in– fra–str4.u4 ctu4.r4e China – – – – – – – – – 6.8 3.9 27.2 3.3 – – – – – – – 3.9 – 45.1 alMraelayasida y supplies –the –nat–ural– gas– vol–ume– s re– qui–red,– and– an–y ad–diti–on i–s at– risk– of b– eco– mi0n.4 g a– stra– nd0e.4d Singapore – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.0 – 1.4 8.4 asThsaeilantd (Sims et al.,– 202– 1).– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 6.9 – 6.9 Asia. [...] To quantify the health impacts of Egypt’s gas-fired power plants we applied the air pollution impact model for electricity supply (AIRPOLIM-ES) to the three scenarios.2 In the 2035 Energy Strategy scenario 55% of Egypt’s electricity is generated by natural gas-fired power plants, whereas the share of gas in the electricity mix is reduced to 35% under the increased renewable energy scenario and jus. [...] Several reasons contributed to the collapses, including low rainfall impacting the smaller share of hydropower in the power mix and low supply of gas that powers the bulk of the grid, due to pipeline vandalism and other supply chain issues.