The United States and European Union plan to unveil a joint agreement at the UN climate summit this week to step up efforts to reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from the fossil fuel sector, and are hoping other nations will sign up.
The declaration would build on an agreement spearheaded by the United States and EU last year to slash methane emissions 30 per cent by 2030 from 2020 levels. The draft said signatories could also bolster monitoring and reporting of methane emissions – forcing companies to face up to the scale of their problem.
Methane has more than 80 times the planet-warming potency of CO2 in its first 20 years, but breaks down faster in the atmosphere, making it a high value target in near-term efforts to slow climate change. Agriculture is the top source of methane emissions worldwide, but experts say the energy sector can cut emissions faster – and often at low cost.
U.S. liquefied natural gas deliveries to the EU have jumped this year as Russian gas supply to Europe dipped following its invasion of Ukraine.
The gas emanating from our privileged hypocritical enviro elites should be targeted & taxed first - their obscenely huge emissions from their privileged lifestyles jetting from one luxurious holiday resort to another while pretending it's all for us, the great unwashed
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