The announcement was made at the Leaders’ Level Methane and Other Non-CO₂ Greenhouse Gases Summit at the ongoing COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Türkiye Nigeria is among 14 developing countries targeted for support under an international initiative to reduce methane and other climate-warming pollutants. The initiative, known as the Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator, provides…
Satellites can now spot major methane leaks from space within days. Yet only 13 per cent of those alerts lead to any response from the governments or companies responsible. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) wants to close that gap. On Tuesday, it announced a new push – backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies – to help countries…
Nairobi — African lawmakers have been urged to dismantle legislative and regulatory barriers blocking climate financing and fast-track methane reduction policies, as parliaments across the continent push to position themselves at the center of the global climate response. The call emerged strongly during the opening of the Regional Parliamentary Seminar on Methane Emissions and Climate…
Nairobi — Barbados Ambassador for Climate Change and Climate Vulnerable Forum representative Elizabeth Thompson has proposed exploring mandatory financing and legally binding mechanisms to compel countries to accelerate methane emissions reduction, warning that voluntary climate commitments are failing to deliver the urgency required to avert catastrophic global warming. Speaking virtually during the opening day of…
