{"id":74458,"date":"2025-11-21T13:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T07:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=74458"},"modified":"2025-11-21T15:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:52:39","slug":"global-methane-status-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/global-methane-status-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Methane Status Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Global Methane Status Report Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recent Global Methane Status Report 2025 warns that crop-residue burning is turning India into a global methane hotspot.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Global Methane Status Report<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is produced by the UN Environment<\/span><b> Programme and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CCAC).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides <\/span><b>updates on global progress on methane mitigation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the remaining work needed to achieve the\u202f<\/span><b>Global Methane Pledge.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Highlights of Global Methane Status Report 2025<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Methane\u2019s <\/span><b>atmospheric concentrations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have <\/span><b>more than doubled<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since pre-industrial times.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rising global emissions would contribute to almost <\/span><b>24,000 additional premature deaths<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and 2.5 Mt of crop losses annually by 2030.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the world\u2019s <\/span><b>third-largest<\/b> <b>methane emitter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s agricultural activities alone contribute 12% of global agricultural methane emissions, among the highest shares worldwide.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If countries fully implement their <\/span><b>Nationally Determined Contributions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (NDCs) and Methane Action Plans, <\/span><b>emissions could fall by eight% by 2030.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report underscores that <\/span><b>72% of global methane mitigation potential<\/b> <b>lies in G20+<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> countries, which emit 65% of global anthropogenic methane.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>What is Methane?<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Methane (CH4) is a <\/span><b>hydrocarbon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is a primary component of natural gas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a colorless odorless gas, <\/span><b>flammable water insoluble gas.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known as <\/span><b>marsh gas or methyl hydride.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is responsible for approximately a third of the warming we are experiencing these days.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/climate-change\/crop-residue-burning-turning-india-into-global-methane-hotspot-un-report-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Methane Status Report is produced by the UN Environment Programme and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC). 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