Caspian Energy (CE): Madam Minister, is Austria interested in increasing the capacity of the existing gas pipeline system, and in acquiring gas from new sources such as the Southern Gas Corridor?
Leonore Gewessler, Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology of Austria: Burning fossil fuel is the main driver for the on-going climate crisis. Austria aims to be climate neutral by 2040. Therefore, our political task is to phase-out fossil gas with its CO2 and methane emissions. Fossil gas will have no place in a future energy system based on renewables. Hence we have agreed in the Austrian government program to put into law a stop on extending the gas transmission grid in Austria.
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