The UN Environment Programme has announced that the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) will receive $11 million from the Global Methane Hub and other sources to help countries achieve the Global Methane Pledge , an international commitment to reduce by 2030 man-made methane emissions by at least 30 percent from 2020 levels. The funding will let CCAC serve as a core implementing partner of the Global Methane Pledge. T11 countries, representing 50 per cent of global man-made methane emissions, have now joined the GMP.
Noteworthy excerpts from the press release:
- Methane emissions reached record levels in 2021, despite the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Rapid action to mitigate methane is one of the most effective strategies the world has to keep global temperature rise below 1.5⁰C.
- Reducing short-lived climate pollutants can cut as much as 50% of the warming projected between now and 2050 (0.6⁰C) and help achieve the Paris Agreement goal to limit warming to 1.5⁰C.
- Methane mitigation has become increasingly urgent, and we have witnessed its contribution to current warming. Reducing methane emissions by 45% will allow us to prevent 0.3 degrees of warming by 2040.
- "At a time when multilateralism must urgently step up to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss, the CCAC has demonstrated the power of partnerships to forge leadership and increase action,"
The US is one of six countries that founded the CCAC in 2012. The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is an international partnership working to protect the climate and improve air quality through actions to reduce short-lived climate pollutants, including methane, black carbon, tropospheric ozone, and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The Coalition has 71 state partners and 78 non-state partners. On methane, it has initiatives in all three major emitting sectors: oil and gas, waste, and agriculture.
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