'Imperative': How the climate case for tackling methane emissions has become unanswerable

Stuart Stone
clock • 5 min read
Credit: iStock
Image:

Credit: iStock

Existing methane pledges would deliver majority - but not all - the emissions cuts needed to align with a 1.5C trajectory this decade, IEA analysis finds

Fully implementing national and corporate methane emission reduction pledges by 2030 would halve emissions from the near record levels reached last year, the latest International Energy Agency (IEA) Global...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Stuart Stone
Author spotlight

Stuart Stone

View profile
More from Stuart Stone

Can the EU Industrial Accelerator Act spark Europe's green industrial revolution?

First 100 schools install Great British Energy-funded solar panels

More on Policy

Can the EU Industrial Accelerator Act spark Europe's green industrial revolution?
Policy

Can the EU Industrial Accelerator Act spark Europe's green industrial revolution?

Clean tech and low-carbon materials are at the heart of proposals to increase manufacturing's share of EU GDP to 20 per cent by 2035 - but do the plans go far enough?

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 05 March 2026 • 8 min read
MPs urge government to put fairness at heart of Seventh Carbon Budget
Policy

MPs urge government to put fairness at heart of Seventh Carbon Budget

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee calls on government to ensure delivery of next Carbon Budget is affordable, convenient, and attractive to the public

Amber Rolt
clock 04 March 2026 • 7 min read
Farmers are highly valued by the UK public - but they need government backing to protect our food supply
Policy

Farmers are highly valued by the UK public - but they need government backing to protect our food supply

Our research found a clear understanding among the UK public about the severity of climate change and its impacts farmers and food supply, writes Hayden Banks from Climate Outreach

Hayden Banks, Climate Outreach
clock 27 February 2026 • 4 min read