Framework for Countries Evaluating Gas-to-Power Pathways - Goal 1: Navigating the Energy Transition and Climate Crisis

• Gas will play and important role in the energy transitions of some developing countries. Producing and burning more of it could help backstop renewables and replace dirtier fuels. It could also shield countries from some of the worst effects of the global energy transition— for example, volatile prices for imported fuels.
• Over the longer term, however, investing big in gas-to-power projects could leave countries with domestic energy mixes that cost more, hold back development, and undermine global climate goals.
• Stakeholders should weigh the trade-offs carefully—especially since the future is hard to predict and politics often discounts the future. In particular, they should ask if other, less risky investments and pathways could achieve the same goals.

This document, the first module in a series of five, provides stakeholders with information and options for interrogating three common claims about the role of gas in domestic energy transitions: