Bangladesh Fugitive Emissions

Bangladesh

Vintage 2018 - ICVCM

Project ID 2478

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About the project.

Improving infrastructure and supporting climate goals by reducing methane emissions from Dhaka’s ageing gas network. This project aims to address gas leakages across a large, ageing distribution network in Greater Dhaka. By reducing emissions of methane—a powerful greenhouse gas—it supports broader efforts to limit climate impact and improve infrastructure efficiency over time.

The proposed CDM project aims to reduce gas leakages from components in the natural gas distribution system in Greater Dhaka and its adjacent areas in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, a Least Developed Country. The length of the natural gas distribution system operated by Titas is 12,253.22 km.2 Construction began on the distribution system in the mid-1960s and over the years the system has not been adequately maintained.

As a result, a significant percentage of the natural gas throughput (predominately methane (CH4)) leaks from components in the system and is released into the atmosphere contributing to global warming. The project will lead to reductions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas (GHG).

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This project contributes towards 6 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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