Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: The Asia Natural Gas and Energy Association (ANGEA) exhibits limited engagement towards climate policy, although when it does engage, it adopts an oppositional stance. ANGEA has negatively engaged on policies related to the energy transition in Australia and the US and frequently promotes fossil gas as a ‘key transition fuel’ without a clear phaseout date or conditions for carbon capture and storage (CCS), and methane abatement measures.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: InfluenceMap found limited evidence of ANGEA’s top-line messaging on climate policy. On its corporate website, accessed in July 2025, ANGEA acknowledged Australia’s target of net-zero emissions by 2050, but did not take a clear position. Also on its corporate website, accessed in July 2025, the association appears to support a policy response to support decarbonization while stating that country-specific requirements should be acknowledged without further details. ANGEA also appears unsupportive of the UN Climate Treaty. In an October 2024 blog post, ANGEA CEO Paul Everingham called for the role of fossil fuels to be formally recognized at COP29.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: ANGEA has limited engagement with specific climate-related regulations. However, on its corporate website, accessed in July 2025, it appeared to not support the reform of Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism.
Positioning on Energy Transition: ANGEA takes a negative position on the energy mix in the Asia Pacific region, frequently advocating for the long-term role of unabated fossil gas, especially Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). For example, on its ‘policy priorities’ page on its corporate website, accessed in June 2025, the association states support for expanding the role of fossil gas in Asia. In March 2025, ANGEA submitted comments on the US 2024 LNG export study, in which it advocated for the resumption and expansion of LNG exports from the US. In January 2024, ANGEA sent a letter to the US Secretary of Energy in which it advocated for policymakers to support new fossil fuel infrastructure in the US for exports to Asia. In the same month, ANGEA was part of a joint letter to President Biden that called for the administration to reconsider its decision to pause LNG export permits. Previously, in Australia, ANGEA submitted November 2023 comments on the Future Gas Strategy where it called for the policy to support new fossil gas supply.