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LNG is not the climate friendly marine fuel it is paraded to be, says "Say No To LNG", a global shipping campaign that aims to debunk the "myth" that LNG is the sustainable fuel of the future, reports Singapore's Splash 247.
LNG remains the number one alternative fuel chosen by owners when ordering newbuilds, with the number of LNG-fuelled ships soaring in recent years. Detractors of the fuel have also grown in number and volume with the likes of the World Bank weighing in.
The new campaign group is supported by ClimateWorks Foundation, a global platform for philanthropy to innovate and accelerate climate solutions that scale.
Say No To LNG's one goal, according to its website, is to urge policymakers, industry stakeholders, and financial institutions to urgently rule LNG out of any shipping decarbonisation scenario, to ensure the fuel is seen as a "dead-end solution".
Advocates of LNG as a marine fuel tout the benefits of LNG in reducing sulphur and particulate pollution and cutting CO2 emissions during fuel combustion, arguing that LNG is the only fuel available at scale today to cut CO2 emissions.
However, a growing body of literature shows that upstream methane leakage and high methane slip of some LNG-powered engines more than offset the CO2 emission benefits of LNG.