Methane is now at the heart of the fight against climate change.
The European Parliament last week called for a global agreement on the occasion of the COP26, the big meeting on climate change, which begins Sunday in Glasgow.
Its European representatives have asked Brussels to set binding targets for reducing emissions of this gas by 2030. The oil and gas industry could be on the front line.
In mid-September, the United States and the European Union had announced that they were working together to reduce methane emissions by at least 30% between 2020 and 2030. About twenty countries including Canada, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom. Saudi Arabia have joined this pledge.
Elimination of leaks
Methane, whose emissions increased by 9% between 2006 and 2017, is "
responsible for about 30% of the global increase in temperatures to date
", observes Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency (OUCH).
Very common gas since it is the
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