is building a global network of scientists, experts, activists, policymakers, and philanthropists, all pushing in the same direction toward the single goal of mitigating methane. View our latest impact report.
Is the Emergency Brake on Global Warming
Global policymakers, scientists, corporations, and citizens are in a sprint to lower greenhouse gas pollution as the climate crisis worsens. Addressing methane pollution is the fastest way to drive down global temperatures.
Methane is incredibly potent – 86 times more than CO2 – which means curbing pollution here can help stave off catastrophic changes to the climate. A super pollutant, methane is responsible for roughly 45% of recent net global warming.
Decreasing methane pollution leads to stronger, healthier, and more resilient communities worldwide. Methane emissions mainly come from the agricultural sector (40%), fossil fuels (35%), and organic waste (20%).
This is a global public health issue, as curbing methane pollution leads to lower rates of death, asthma, and other
negative outcomes that are associated with the harmful impacts of climate change.
Reducing methane pollution can also improve public health in local communities living or working near pollution sources like cattle farms, oil and gas infrastructure, and landfills.
Lower methane pollution means having cleaner, more livable cities, which would have an immediate positive impact on people’s day-to-day experiences.
60% of methane emissions are a byproduct of important human activities, like the ways we grow food, power our homes, and dispose of waste. Reducing methane pollution is a global challenge and cannot be solved within any one nation’s boundary.
There have been promising policy changes and international commitments from dozens of high-emitting countries, including Brazil, Canada, Chile, Mexico, and the United States, to address methane pollution over the last year. Sustaining these efforts, continuing to increase attention to super-pollutants such as methane, and navigating regional differences will take a concerted, coordinated effort.
Estimates indicate that to achieve global net-zero methane emissions by 2030, we would need to invest $11.2B in oil and gas, $20.4B in waste, and $16.5B in agriculture annually.
We can grow the economy while shrinking methane pollution; new technology, business practices, and local collaboration can lead to increased productivity, efficiency, and job creation, especially in the Global South.
Although UN figures indicate that if the current trajectory continues, total methane emissions from human activities could rise by up to 13% between 2020 and 2030, there have been significant advances in mitigation in recent months.
To reduce methane pollution for a chance to save our climate within our lifetime, we need to unite governments, industry leaders, scientists, and nonprofit organizations across the globe to minimize methane pollution through technology and common-sense public policies and regulations.
Our Mission
Accelerate action by governments, civil society, researchers, investors, and the private sector to develop and implement strategies that will catalyze rapid systemic reductions in methane emissions in the energy, agriculture, and waste sectors.
Our Vision
A world where a dramatic reduction of methane emissions by 2030, coupled with rapidly decreasing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, keeps global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius, averting climate catastrophe and bringing social, environmental, health, and economic benefits to communities, cities, and countries.
60% of emissions come from human activities, many of which are essential, like producing the food we eat
Over a 20 year time scale, methane is 86x more potent than CO2 as a greenhouse gas (28x in a 100 year time scale)
40% of emissions come from the agricultural sector, 35% from fossil fuels, and 20% from waste
IEA recently reported that methane emissions are underreported by 70% in the energy sector. Satellites can help detect leaks and ensure those responsible take action to reduce those emissions