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G20 gas metano6/14/2023 ![]() He told a meeting of world leaders from major economies on Friday: “Over the last 30 years the UK has cut emissions of methane by something like 60%. The world is now about 1.2C hotter now than in pre-industrial times.īoris Johnson said the UK would be one of the first to join the US-EU methane pledge, when it opens for more signatories at Cop26. If adopted around the world, this would reduce global heating by 0.2C by the 2040s, compared with likely temperature rises by then. The pact between the US and the EU sets a target of cutting at least 30% from global methane emissions, based on 2020 levels, by 2030. Natural gas production and fracking, meat production and other forms of agriculture are among the chief sources. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, about 80 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, and emissions have been rising in recent years.
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