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Global methane pledge offers hope on climate in lead up to Glasgow
(Inside Climate News, 20 Sep 2021) An international effort to slash methane emissions could quickly address climate change if the US and EU can stick to their pledges and get other countries to join.
The United States and the European Union pledged on Friday to reduce methane emissions by at least 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030, ushering in the start of what they hope will be a “global methane pledge” to quickly address warming, as the next round of international climate negotiations nears.
“This will not only rapidly reduce the rate of global warming, but it will also produce a very valuable side benefit, like improving public health and agricultural output,” President Joe Biden said Friday morning at the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, which he convened ahead of the Conference of the Parties (COP26), the United Nations-led climate negotiations scheduled for November in Glasgow.
The announcement follows a landmark report by the United Nations in May that underscored the need to rapidly rein in emissions of methane, the second leading driver of climate change.
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Inside Climate News, 20 Sep 2021: Global methane pledge offers hope on climate in lead up to Glasgow
