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European Union reaches agreement on proposal to monitor and reduce methane emissions

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The European Council said there was agreement on a proposal to monitor and reduce methane emissions in the energy sector. In a statement, the European Union (EU) body said that the text is the third of its kind and a "crucial contribution to climate action, as methane is the second most important gas for the greenhouse effect, after carbon dioxide." .

O methane is considered responsible for around 30% of the current global warming. Now, closed regulation will help to understand the origin of these emissions and respond to them, contributing to the commitment to cut emissions of this gas by 2030.

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Concentration of methane in the atmosphere breaks record in 2021, warns UN. See the video!

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The concentration of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, increased to record levels in the atmosphere last year, as did carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxide – the United Nations (UN) revealed this Wednesday (26). In a statement, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) explained that the reason for this exceptional increase in the concentration of methane, which has a much more powerful effect than CO2 but less lasting, “is not clear, but appears to be the result of biological and human-induced processes”.

The proposal foresees new requirements for the oil, gas and coal sectors. Operators will need to carefully document their emissions and adopt appropriate mitigation measures to avoid and minimize emissions of methane in its operations, says the text.

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