A 45% reduction by 2030 in human-caused methane emissions would prevent global warming of nearly 0.3°C by 2045, helping to put the world on track to meet the Paris Agreement target, says a report released on Thursday 6 May by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), a United Nations initiative.
“Cutting methane is the strongest lever we have to slow climate change over the next 25 years”, said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).