Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, contributing at least a quarter of today’s climate warming. The U.N. is looking to space satellite readings to help.
More help on tracking potent Earth-warming methane emissions will come from space, the United Nations said Friday, announcing a satellite-data system funded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the U.S. government and others.
As part of global efforts to slow climate change by tackling methane, the U.N., as part of its COP27 summit in Egypt, announced a new satellite-based system to detect emissions of the climate warming gas. What’s more, the system, which will go into effect next year, can feed a direct alert to the emitter.
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, contributing at least a quarter of today’s climate warming. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we must cut methane emissions, which are largely emitted from oil CL00 and natural gas NG00 , at least 30% by 2030 to keep the 1.5°C temperature limit within reach. That target was set in the Global Methane Pledge.
“Reducing methane emissions can make a big and rapid difference, as this gas leaves the atmosphere far quicker than carbon dioxide,” he said.
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