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France Seeks Near-Zero Methane Target for Oil and Gas in COP31 Deal
Health Policy Watch · By Stefan Anderson ·
The Brief
- France is pushing countries to include near-zero methane targets for the oil and gas sector in the COP31 climate deal.
- Leaders at a summit in Antalya on a Thursday said voluntary pledges are moving toward delivering only a little more than a third of the promised cuts.
- The source reports the push as France rallying countries; no agreed target is stated in the source.
Why it matters
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, and binding or formal targets for oil and gas would shape how emissions from that sector are measured and cut in future international climate agreements.
Who’s affected
- climate policy analysts
- oil and gas industry stakeholders
- negotiators involved in COP31
- COP31
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- #climate policy
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- #emissions
ANTALYA – France is rallying countries to write near-zero methane targets for oil and gas into the COP31 climate deal, as leaders at a summit on Thursday said it was time to move beyond the voluntary pledges on track to deliver little more than a third of the cuts promised under…
Timeline
Health Policy Watch reports France rallying countries to write near-zero methane targets for oil and gas into the COP31 deal, at a summit in Antalya.
Health Policy Watch
France Seeks Near-Zero Methane Target for Oil and Gas in COP31 Deal