France Seeks Near-Zero Methane Target for Oil and Gas in COP31 Deal

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France is urging countries to include a near-zero methane target for oil and gas in the COP31 climate agreement. Leaders at the summit argued that existing voluntary pledges are insufficient to achieve the promised emissions cuts.

ANTALYA – France is rallying countries to write near-zero methane targets for oil and gas into the COP31 climate deal, as leaders at a summit on Thursday said it was time to move beyond the voluntary pledges on track to deliver little more than a third of the cuts promised under the 2021 Global Methane […]