Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and multiple national and international partners intend to boost efforts to increase transparency across the liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply chain and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Together with the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC), the International Energy Agency (IEA), the United Nations Environment Programme’s International Methane Emissions Observatory (UNEP’s IMEO), the International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (GIIGNL), the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), and the methane emissions certification body MiQ, METI issued a statement to accelerate the reduction of LNG supply chain emissions.