At least 80 countries pledge to reduce methane emissions

The world’s methane emissions must urgently be reduced to meet the Paris Agreement’s global warming target of a maximum of 1.5 degrees, according to a United Nations report released next week.

Methane has a greater impact on the climate than carbon dioxide per unit weight. The gas also decomposes faster in the atmosphere. In the long term, this means that lower methane emissions can lead to a faster drop in average temperature than lower CO2 emissions.

The report states that methane emissions from human activity could be reduced by 45 percent by 2030.

On Tuesday, at least 80 of the countries participating in COP26 in Glasgow agreed to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030.

“It’s easy to get”

European Union Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden spoke to each other about the decision.

We can’t wait until 2050, we must cut emissions quickly, it’s an outstanding fruit, says von der Leyen, and notes that it is one of the most effective activities the world can take to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of maintaining the increase in average The earth’s temperature is a maximum of 1, 5 degrees.

During a speech at the climate conference, Joe Biden said the decision is extremely important.

What we do during this decade will affect whether we have a chance to deliver on our long-term promises.

Despite the fact that the pandemic means that humans burn less fossil fuels than others, higher levels of carbon dioxide and methane have been observed in the atmosphere this year than ever before. Appears in an article In the Journal of Biological Sciences, with nearly 14,000 sites, one of whom is the Swedish Johan Rockström, professor of environmental sciences and head of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research in Berlin.

Agriculture accounts for 40 percent of all human-caused methane emissions.