Over a hundred countries at the COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow joined a pledge to cut methane emissions in order to limit atmospheric warming. The United States and the European Union, the world’s third and sixth largest methane emitters, respectively, announced the pledge in September. They have since gathered support from many other major emitters, such as Brazil, Indonesia, and Nigeria, enough to account for more than 40 percent percent of global emissions of the ultra-potent greenhouse gas, reports
COP26 Methane Pledge (Nov. 3, 2021)
COP26 Methane Pledge (Nov. 3, 2021)
COP26 Methane Pledge (Nov. 3, 2021)
Over a hundred countries at the COP26 climate meeting in Glasgow joined a pledge to cut methane emissions in order to limit atmospheric warming. The United States and the European Union, the world’s third and sixth largest methane emitters, respectively, announced the pledge in September. They have since gathered support from many other major emitters, such as Brazil, Indonesia, and Nigeria, enough to account for more than 40 percent percent of global emissions of the ultra-potent greenhouse gas, reports