India plans to seek carbon emissions data linked to each LNG cargo

India will seek carbon emissions data linked to each cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG), its oil minister said on Thursday, mirroring a growing trend among top Asian buyers of the cleaner fuel ahead of global climate talks in Glasgow from Sunday.

India, the world’s third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and the United States, wants to raise the share of natural gas in its energy mix to 15% by 2030 from the current about 6%, to cut its carbon footprint.