The US- and EU-led effort to slash methane emissions 30% by 2030 will be launched at the UN climate summit in Glasgow later this month
Washington — Two dozen countries have joined a US- and EU-led effort to slash methane emissions 30% by 2030, giving the emerging global partnership momentum ahead of its launch at the UN climate summit in Glasgow later this month, a government official told Reuters.
US special climate change envoy John Kerry and European Commission executive vice-president Frans Timmermans will introduce the new partners at a joint event on Monday and also announce that more than 20 philanthropic organisations, including ones led by Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates, will mobilise over $223m to help support countries’ methane-reduction efforts, said the official, who declined to be named.
In the weeks leading up to the UN climate summit, the US will engage with other major emerging economy methane emitters like India and China to urge them to join and ensure the “groundswell of support continues,” the official said.Methane is a greenhouse gas and the biggest cause of climate change after carbon dioxide . Several recent reports have highlighted the need for governments to crack down on methane to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C, the goal of the Paris climate agreement.
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