The US must live up to recent commitments to cut methane pollution by joining a new international body to monitor the emissions, according to UN officials involved in the initiative.
The International Methane Emissions Observatory, a UN Environment Programme project, was launched at Sunday’s G20 meeting in Rome, and will offer the world’s most comprehensive, real-time methane pollution data, making it a crucial tool in curbing emissions of a potent greenhouse gas, say its developers.
But the IMEO has been endorsed so far by only the EU, leaving big economies including the US and Japan yet to fully commit, despite their recent pledges to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent by 2030.
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