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Ukraine intends to join initiative to reduce global methane emissions at Glasgow summit – Abramovsky
KYIV. Oct 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine plans to join the EU-U.S. Global Methane Initiative (GMI) to reduce global methane emissions by 30% by 2030 compared to 2020 at the UN Climate Conference, which will begin in Glasgow, UK on October 31.
This was announced by Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Roman Abramovsky in an exclusive interview with the Green Deal portal.
"It is about reducing emissions during production and transportation," Abramovsky said.
He pointed out that within the framework of this initiative, funding measures are envisaged, and Ukraine can use the appropriate financial mechanisms to achieve this goal.
As reported, on September 18, the EU and the U.S. announced the launch of a joint initiative to reduce planetary methane emissions at the Glasgow climate summit in November.
The European Commission said that sustaining the initiative implies "commitment to the collective goal of reducing global methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels." It also means a shift towards using "best available techniques for quantifying methane emissions", with a focus on high-emission sources.
It is noted that the fulfillment of such commitments is expected to reduce global warming by at least 0.2 degrees Celsius by 2050.
The European Commission reminds: methane, when released into the atmosphere, causes a greenhouse effect. According to a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, it accounts for "about half the net one degree Celsius increase in global average temperature since the pre-industrial era."
