Biden Urges World Leaders to Cut Methane as Pledges Fall Short
- Commitments lagging with approach of Glasgow climate meeting
- White House unveils new goal of reducing methane emissions
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President Joe Biden told world leaders “the time is now” to accelerate efforts to slash greenhouse gases as he formally unveiled a new initiative to pare global methane emissions by 30% before the end of the decade.
The pledge, designed in concert with the European Union, would be the first coordinated international effort to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that emanates from fossil fuels and agriculture and has an outsized impact on global warming.