More than 80 countries, including the EU and the United States, pledged Tuesday during COP26 on the climate to reduce their emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, by 30% by 2030 compared to 2020 , announced the President of the European Commission.
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"
Methane is one of the gases that we can reduce the fastest,
" said 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.