There is so much talk about the risks of being dependent on Russian #gas. But what are other risks of natural gas?🧐 Answers provides this freshly published literature overview on the risks and challenges of #FossilGas: doi.org/10.1016/j.erss… (1/6) 
(2/6) The reviewed literature highlights the barriers natural gas poses to sustainability transitions: Natural gas has a significant negative impact on the climate & natural gas use is likely incompatible with long-term climate targets.
(3/6) Only little research exists on natural gas' potential to delay sustainability transitions, with the few studies identified (by screening more than 4,500 studies with #CADIMA) highlighted on the map. This paper is a comprehensive compilation of hitherto disperse evidence.
(4/6) The main risks are #methane emissions, the crowding out of low-carbon technologies, stranded assets and lock-ins. Through many different mechanisms, lock-ins into natural gas are created that make it difficult to reduce the reliance on natural gas.
(5/6) The resulting political challenges lie mainly in achieving greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, handling opposition to natural gas reduction, managing missing data and standards, and resolving other administrative hurdles.
(6/6) The current political debate on natural gas resembles the debate on #coal 20 years ago. To deliver on the #ParisAgreement, the debate needs to shift from whether it is necessary to reduce natural gas use, to how to manage the challenges of a transition away from natural gas
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