04/11/2021 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday, 4 November, during the UN COP26 conference in Glasgow, International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol stated that if all of the pledges made by countries to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are kept—including the recent global pledge to reduce methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030 (see EUROPE B12824A1)—global warming could be limited to 1.8°C. This would bring the world closer to the Paris Agreement’s...