About the Global Methane Pledge
Methane is a powerful but short-lived climate pollutant that accounts for about half of the net rise in global average temperature since the pre-industrial era.
Rapidly reducing methane emissions from energy, agriculture, and waste can achieve near-term gains in our efforts in this decade for decisive action and is regarded as the single most effective strategy to keep the goal of limiting warming to 1.5˚C within reach while yielding co-benefits including improving public health and agricultural productivity.
President Biden and President Von der Leyen announced at the September 17 Major Economies Forum (MEF) meeting that the United States and the European Union are inviting countries to support the Global Methane Pledge to be launched at COP 26 in November 2021 in Glasgow.
Participants joining the Pledge agree to take voluntary actions to contribute to a collective effort to reduce global methane emissions at least 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2˚C warming by 2050. This is a global, not a national reduction target. Participants also commit to moving towards using the highest tier IPCC good practice inventory methodologies, as well as working to continuously improve the accuracy, transparency, consistency, comparability, and completeness of national greenhouse gas inventory reporting under the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement, and to provide greater transparency in key sectors.
The Pledge aims to catalyze global action and strengthen support for existing international methane emission reduction initiatives to advance technical and policy work that will serve to underpin Participants’ domestic actions. The Pledge also recognizes the essential roles that private sector, development banks, financial institutions and philanthropy play to support implementation of the Pledge and welcomes their efforts and engagement.
With over 100 countries on board, representing nearly 50% of global anthropogenic methane emissions and over two thirds of global GDP, we are well on our way to achieving the Pledge goal and preventing more than 8 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from reaching the atmosphere annually by 2030.
We will convene annual ministerial level meetings to review progress following the launch of the Global Methane Pledge in November 2021.
Progress update: From Moment to Momentum
In the year since it launched at COP26, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action. Country endorsements of the GMP have grown from just over 100 last year to 150, more than 50 countries have developed national methane action plans or are in the process of doing so, substantial new financial resources are being directed to methane action, and partners have launched “pathways” of policies and initiatives to drive methane reductions in key methane-emitting sectors – a GMP Energy Pathway launched at the June 2022 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and a GMP Food and Agriculture Pathway and GMP Waste Pathway, both launched today at COP27.
Pledges

Albania

Andorra

Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cabo Verde

Cambodia

Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

Colombia

Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the

Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d’Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Estonia

Eswatini

Ethiopia
European Union

Fiji

Finland
France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia
Germany
Ghana

Greece

Grenada
Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Iceland
Indonesia
Iraq

Ireland
Israel
Italy

Jamaica
Japan
Jordan

Kosovo

Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan

Lebanon

Lesotho
Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali
Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro
Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Niger
Nigeria

Niue

North Macedonia

Norway

Oman
Pakistan

Palau

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Peru
Philippines

Portugal

Qatar
Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Samoa

San Marino

São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname
Sweden

Switzerland

Timor-Leste
Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Tuvalu

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia
Media
Global Methane Pledge: From Moment to Momentum
17 Nov 2022: This fact sheet is jointly released by the United States and European Union as co-conveners of the Global Methane Pledge.
Virtual methane pavilion at COP27
6 Nov 2022: The #MethaneMomentum continues at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Learn about and attend in-person and virtual methane events happening at COP.
U.S.-EU Joint Press Release on the Global Methane Pledge Energy Pathway
17 Jun 2022: Today, the United States, the European Union, and 11 countries launched the Global Methane Pledge Energy Pathway to catalyze methane emissions reductions in the oil and gas sector...
Around 100 nations pledge to slash methane emissions on day 2 of COP26
4 Nov 2021: Approximately 100 countries have signed on to a global pledge to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030, led by the United States and the European Union...
Global Methane Pledge Ministerial at COP27: 17 Nov 2022
In the year since it launched at COP26, the Global Methane Pledge has generated unprecedented momentum for methane action.
Remarks by Ursula von der Leyen
Remarks from President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at the launch of the Global Methane Pledge at the U.N. Climate Summit (COP26), Nov. 2, 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland.
Remarks by US President Joe Biden
Remarks by US President Joe Biden at the launch of the Global Methane Pledge at the U.N. Climate Summit (COP26), Nov. 2, 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland.
Sources of Methane (NASA)
Visualization showing the complex patterns of methane emissions produced globally between January 2018 and November 2018 from different sources.
Oil and Gas Sector Toolkit for the Global Methane Pledge
Fulfilling the Global Methane Pledge will require widespread implementation efforts, including policies aimed at reducing flaring, venting and fugitive emissions. This toolkit connects policy makers and regulators to key resources and institutions supporting these policy efforts.
Methane technical assistance
Site providing access to methane mitigation tools, experts on methane mitigation, and national planning, policy and regulatory support.
Briefing on the Global Methane Pledge
The Global Methane Pledge is a strong first step as the first-ever Heads-of State global commitment to cut methane emissions at a level consistent with a 1.5°C pathway. The 30% goal serves as an ambitious floor to start from. As countries get better at reducing methane and technologies improve and...
Global Methane Assessment
The Global Methane Assessment shows that human-caused methane emissions can be reduced by up to 45% this decade. Such reductions would avoid nearly 0.3°C of global warming by 2045 and would be consistent with keeping the Paris Climate Agreement’s goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5˚C within...
International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO)
The Observatory will produce a global public dataset of empirically verified methane emissions – starting with the fossil fuel sector – at an increasing level of granularity and accuracy by integrating data principally from: reporting from the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0 (OGMP 2.0), oil and...
Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is a voluntary partnership of governments, intergovernmental organizations, businesses, scientific institutions and civil society organizations committed to protecting the climate and improving air quality through actions to reduce short-lived climate pollutants...