The start of the second week of COP30 in Belém (Brazil) was marked on Monday 17 November by the launch of the Global Methane Status Report, the first comprehensive review of the world’s methane reduction commitments since their launch in Glasgow at COP26.
It assesses progress and persistent shortcomings in efforts to reduce methane - responsible for almost a third of current warming.
As the European Commissioner for Energy, Dan Jørgensen, explained at a press conference, “we need to...