COP27: ‘Global Methane Pledge’ Announces Pathway to Reduce Agriculture Emissions

COP27: ‘Global Methane Pledge’ Announces Pathway to Reduce Agriculture Emissions

The Global Pledge on Methane announced a pathway to reduce methane emissions in agriculture during Solutions Day at the UN Climate Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

The global pledge on methane was discussed during a meeting between US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on September 17, 2021, at the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF).

The Global Methane Pledge was an initiative launched at the World Leaders Summit at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) this November in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

The US-European initiative seeks to reduce methane emissions in all sectors by at least 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030, which could reduce warming by at least 0.2 degrees Celsius by 2050.

The new GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway launched Thursday laid out a set of tools that will be used to help the sector reduce emissions.

According to a US State Department statement, the Green Climate Fund, in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Global Dairy Platform, and Global Methane Hub, approved $3.5 million of project preparation funding that will help transition dairy systems to lower emission, resilient climate pathways in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania,