New Delhi, July 15 -- Four Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects planned for the Rovuma Basin in Cabo Delgado region in northern Mozambique in East Africa will produce 9.9 GtCO2e of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and would use at least would use at least 17 per cent of the remaining carbon budget if fully exploited, according to a new study.

The deep-sea gas exploitation projects led by energy multinational France's TotalEnergies, Italy's Eni, and US's ExxonMobil would also inflict extensive, severe, long-term impacts on biodiversity, ecosystems, and sea-dependent communities along the Indian Ocean shoreline.

This is due to cumulative impacts of severe chemical, physical, and acoustic pollution, and invasive species from ship ballast wat...