As noted in the introduction to November 2's "COP26: 105 countries pledge to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent":
This is part of what we were babbling about in yesterday's "COP26: Radio Davos Is On The Air". There will be more to come, the conference runs through November 12.
This is important because it goes after not just natural gas/LNG but also food production, mainly meat but also fertilizer manufacturing. As for shipping it looks like a major effort to halt much more switching to LNG propulsion because the discussion docs talk about leakage from fuel tanks and engines, which is already being addressed by the shippers in conversations with the manufacturers but also every leaky pipe all the way back up the supply chain to the wellheads, which shipping companies can't do much about.
As a side note, this science has been known for decades and in fact Gazprom was looking at a $50 billion windfall from emissions credits under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. Every leaky pipe was being seen as a profit center.....
And today's story from Euractiv, November 10:
The agriculture sector, one of the world’s most significant contributors of methane, will be directly impacted by the first global commitment to cut methane emissions by at least 30% below 2020 levels by 2030.
The new Global Methane Pledge was announced during the very first days of the COP26, the crucial UN climate conference still ongoing in Glasgow.
According to European Commission estimates, the pledged 30% could reduce projected warming by at least 0.2 degrees Celsius by 2050.
Methane is a greenhouse gas (GHG) that, despite being short-lived, has more heat-trapping power than carbon dioxide, trapping 84 times more heat over 20 years.
Enteric fermentation – gassy emissions from ruminant animals such as dairy and beef cattle – is considered the biggest source of methane in terms of human-related activities. This is followed by the rice sector, where microbes underwater in paddy fields emit the gas, accounting for 20% of human-related methane emissions.
According to Agnes Kalibata, special envoy at the latest UN Food Systems Summit, the pledge creates the opportunity for food systems to be a climate solution by reducing emissions associated with agriculture.
The initiative was led by the US and the EU, who gathered other 103 countries who combined, account for 46% of global methane emissions and represent 70% of the world economy. They included several cattle-rich countries like Brazil, Canada, Argentina, and New Zealand.
However, some countries with high methane emissions opted to remain out from the commitment, including China, India, Australia, and Russia.
Innovation and behavioural measures....
....MUCH MORE
Like it or not big changes are coming for you and yours.
