more than 80 countries pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30% by 2030

A new agreement to fight against climate change. More than 80 countries, including those of the European Union and the United States, pledged, Tuesday, November 2, during COP26, to reduce their emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, by 30% by 30% by 2030 compared to 2020, announced the President of the European Commission. “Methane is one of the gases that we can reduce the fastest”, stressed Ursula Von der Leyen alongside US President Joe Biden, recalling that this gas is responsible for“about 30%” of global warming since the Industrial Revolution.