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"Natural gas remains a necessary bridge fuel for energy access and coal replacement in developing Asia and Africa"

🏛️ What does the MDB say? — AIIB 2022

"No position on natural gas as a transition fuel is stated or implied in AIIB's 2022 reports."

The provided excerpts from AIIB's 2022 reports do not address natural gas as a transition fuel, nor do they mention fossil fuel financing policies, energy access strategies in Africa, LNG pipelines, midstream infrastructure, or the concept of 'bridge fuels'. No position—supportive, conditional, or restrictive—is stated or implied regarding natural gas financing.

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📄 Asian Infrastructure Finance 2022 p. 169 Open PDF ↗

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