India is the world's third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and the USThe government willseekcarbonemissionsdatalinkedtoeachcargoof liquefied natural gas (LNG), its oil minister said on Thursday, mirroring a growing trend among top Asian buyers of the cleaner fuel ahead of global climate talks in Glasgow from Sunday.India, the world's third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and the United States, wants to raise the share of natural gas in its energy mix to 15 per cent by 2030 from the current about six per cent, to cut itscarbonfootprint."The growing push for greenerLNGover the past year is already transforming the wayLNGis sold," Hardeep Singh Puri said at an industry event organised by the International Energy Forum's (IEF)."Looking forward, I'm confident that we will look to suppliers to provide transparent and reliabledataoncarbonemissionsassociated witheachcargo," he said.Carbon-neutralLNGtypically involves companies supporting projects that reduceemissionsto compensate foremissionsgenerated from exploration and production.Indiaimports about 85 per centof its oil needs and about 55 per centof its gas requirements, and has been repeatedly urging for enhanced global supplies to rein in prices.High global energy prices are creating severe challenges forIndia, Puri said, as local fuel prices are near record highs while Asian spotLNGprices are about 500 per centhigher from a year earlier.He saidLNGbuyers and sellers should work together to create "flexible and transparent markets", which offer multiple commercial structures including flexible, shorter-duration contracts.Tawfiq e-Elahi Chowdhury Bir Bikram, energy advisor to Bangladesh's Prime Minister, said Dhaka hasplansto raise annualLNGimports to 30 million tonnes from the current 4 million, as the countryplansto double power generation in 10 years."But the energy crisis has made the pathway uncertain," he said.