Efforts to cut methane emissions in 2022 have not been enough to meet the 7% annual reduction targets needed to meet Global Methane Pledge objectives, according to climate data company Kayrros.
As the UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, gets underway at Sharm El Sheikh, satellite data analysis from Kayrros shows the number of large global super-emitters, responsible for 10% of global emissions, has not significantly fallen in 2022, leaving Global Methane Pledge ambitions out of reach.
The pledge, agreed by over 100 countries at COP26 last year, holds signatories to reducing methane emissions by 30% by 2030. However, Kayrros does not see any notable progress except in Australia, while emissions from Algeria’s Hassi R’Mel basin have increased significantly through 2022.
Methane has 80 times the global heating potential of carbon dioxide in the first 20 years after reaching the atmosphere.
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