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Super-warming methane gas is being tackled too slowly, UN says ahead of COP30
COPENHAGEN - Almost 90% of satellite-detected methane leaks flagged to governments and oil and gas companies are not being acknowledged, the UN said Wednesday ahead of the COP30 climate talks next month. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Satellites chartered by the United Nations to track methane leaks have sent 3,500 incident alerts to States and companies over the past two years, but almost all of them have remained unanswered or acted upon, notes the UN-Environment (UNEP) "One Eye on Methane" report, released this Wednesday, 22 October. However, the trend, rising over a year, is encouraging.
Satellite images show that thousands of methane discharges occur every year in the oil and gas industry. However, according to the UN, companies often do not react. In doing so, methane contributes greatly to global warming. By Jan Kerckhoff.
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Almost 90% of methane leaks detected by satellites around Earth that were flagged to governments and oil and gas companies are not being acknowledged, the UN said on Wednesday. The International Methane Emissions Observatory, which integrates over 17 satellites to observe gas plumes, only got a…
Govt, company responses to super-emitter alerts went up tenfold: UN Environment - tennews.in: National News Portal
Nairobi, Oct 22 (IANS) Government and industry responses to UNEP’s more than 3,500 satellite methane alerts climbed from 1 to 12 per cent in the past year. Nevertheless, action must accelerate to minimise global temperature rise and achieve the Global Methane Pledge goal of curbing methane emissions 30 per cent by 2030, a new UN […] The post Govt, company responses to super-emitter alerts went up tenfold: UN Environment appeared first on tennews…
Nairobi. Government and corporate responses to UN Methane satellite alerts increased by more than ten in the past year, although overall action remains insufficient to reduce emissions by 30% by 2030, the UN Environment Programme (Pnuma) warned on Wednesday. According to the report 'A look at methane: from measurement to momentum', the response rate to Pnuma Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) alerts rose from 1% to 12% in the last year - a…
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