Fighting climate change: Why methane is bad for the climate

Methane – a pure poison for the climate

At COP 27, the focus is on implementing climate goals. This also includes reducing methane. However, progress is slow.

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Agriculture accounts for nearly a quarter of global methane emissions. Innovative solutions are needed to reduce this percentage, like this mask, which is said to reduce methane emissions by 60% from this cow in Hertfordshire, UK.

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It was the great achievement of the Glasgow Climate Summit a year ago: the international community wants to reduce global methane emissions by 30% by 2030 compared to 2020 levels.

The joint EU-US initiative is now supported by 129 countries and methane is on the agenda of the current climate summit in Egypt, COP27. The problem: Many governments with most of the methane released into the atmosphere have not signed the agreement, especially China, India, and Russia (see chart). The participating countries have other priorities over the past 12 months than reducing methane emissions.

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