{"id":59553,"date":"2025-11-20T19:28:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=59553"},"modified":"2025-11-21T14:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:06:34","slug":"global-methane-status-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/20-11-2025\/global-methane-status-2025","title":{"rendered":"Global Methane Status Report 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The<strong> Global Methane Status Report <\/strong>released by the <strong>UN Environment Programme (UNEP)<\/strong> at COP30 in Belem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Points of the Report<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Methane Emissions Rising: <\/strong>Despite stronger waste regulations and improved monitoring, global trends remain far short of the target to cut methane by 30% by 2030.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Potency and Impact:<\/strong> Methane is around 80 times more powerful than CO\u2082 over a 20-year timescale, accounting for approximately one-third of current warming.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Methane Emissions:<\/strong> India emitted about 31 million tonnes of methane in 2020, accounting for 9% of global emissions. It contributes 12% of global agricultural methane\u2014the highest share worldwide.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Agriculture Profile:<\/strong> Livestock (enteric fermentation) is the largest source, followed by rice cultivation, which is projected to increase by 8% in emissions by 2030. Crop residue burning is rising, making India a global hotspot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Methane<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a short-lived climate pollutant (12-year atmospheric lifetime).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is<strong> 80\u201384 times more potent than CO\u2082<\/strong> over 20 years, and 28\u201334 times over 100 years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Main Sources Globally:<\/strong> Agriculture (40%), energy (35%), and waste (20%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Initiatives to Curb Methane Pollution<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Global Initiatives:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Global Methane Pledge (GMP), 2021:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Voluntary international framework to reduce methane emissions by 30% from 2020 levels by 2030.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Launched at COP26 by the US, EU, and Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India has not signed the pledge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) \u2013 UNEP<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Global scientific and monitoring system using satellite and ground data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Detects, verifies, and reports methane emissions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focuses on oil &amp; gas operations, coal mines, landfills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0 (OGMP 2.0):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>UN-led framework for companies to measure and reduce methane leaks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Covers approximately 70% of global oil and gas operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>India\u2019s Initiatives:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA):<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Promotes climate-resilient and low-emission agriculture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focus on soil health, water efficiency, and crop diversification, indirectly reducing methane.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Technologies &amp; Practices to Reduce Methane from Rice Agriculture<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>System of Rice Intensification (SRI):<\/strong> Reduces flooding and anaerobic decomposition, lowering methane by 30\u201370%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Waste Sector Initiatives:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Swachh Bharat Mission and Solid Waste Management Rules (2016) improve landfill design, promote biomethanation and composting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: TH<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In News<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Global Methane Status Report released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) at COP30 in Belem.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Points of the Report<\/strong><\/p>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Methane Emissions Rising: Despite stronger waste regulations and improved monitoring, global trends remain far short of the target to cut methane by 30% by 2030.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Potency and Impact: Methane is around 80 times more powerful than CO\u2082 over a 20-year timescale, accounting for approximately one-third of current warming.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Methane Emissions: India emitted about 31 million tonnes of methane in 2020, accounting for 9% of global emissions. It contributes 12% of global agricultural methane\u2014the highest share worldwide.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Agriculture Profile: Livestock (enteric fermentation) is the largest source, followed by rice cultivation, which is projected to increase by 8% in emissions by 2030. Crop residue burning is rising, making India a global hotspot.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/20-11-2025\/global-methane-status-2025\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59553"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59566,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59553\/revisions\/59566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}