US and EU seeking partners in joint pledge targeting 30% cut in methane emissions by 2030

The Biden administration and European Union officials reached a deal to reduce methane emissions at least 30% by the decade’s end and are looking to secure commitments from other nations to make cutting the potent greenhouse gas into a global effort.

Officials from the EU and the United States agreed to the “Global Methane Pledge” and will likely pitch it to others during the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate on Friday before introducing the initiative at the United Nations’s climate change conference in November, according to multiple reports.