Highlights

About the Global Methane Pledge

Methane is a powerful but short-lived climate pollutant that accounts for a third of net warming since the Industrial Revolution. 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. 

The Global Methane Pledge (GMP) was launched at COP26 by the European Union and the United States who have been joined by many countries. In January 2025, GMP counted 159 participants.

Since its launch, the GMP has generated unprecedented momentum for methane mitigation, with major work underway in six action areas including: the Energy Pathway, the Waste Pathway, the Food and Agriculture Pathway, Methane Plans and Policies, Data for Methane Action, and Finance for Methane Abatement. 

Such work is being supported by a broad range of leading international actors such as the Global Methane Initiative (GMI), the Global Methane Hub (GMH), the International Energy Agency (IEA), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the World Bank.

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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. This is a global, not a national reduction target.   

Meeting the GMP would reduce methane emissions to a level consistent with 1.5°C pathways while delivering significant benefits for human and ecosystem health, food security and our economies. It has the potential to reduce warming by at least 0.2 °C by 2050 and prevent annually 26 million tons of crop losses, 255,000 premature deaths, 775 thousand asthma-related hospitalizations and 73 billion hours of lost labour due to extreme heat.

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Participants to the Pledge 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 the private sector, development banks, financial institutions and philanthropy play in supporting the implementation of the Pledge and welcomes their efforts and engagement.

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) provides secretariat services to the GMP. With oversight from the GMP leadership, it supports engagement and coordination of GMP participants, tracks action and manages knowledge, and is responsible for communications and the organization of the GMP ministerial. The GMP secretariat services provided by the CCAC can be contacted at:support [at]globalmethanepledge.org 

Read the Pledge

The Imperative for Methane Action

Drastic methane emissions reductions – alongside decarbonisation of our economies – need to happen before 2030 to keep the 1.5°C warming limit within reach. 

While methane has a much shorter lifetime than carbon dioxide (CO2), it is much more efficient at trapping radiation. Per unit of mass, methane has a warming effect about 80 times more potent than CO2 over 20 years. Methane has been responsible for 30% of total warming since the Industrial Revolution and is the second largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide (CO2). Without action, global anthropogenic methane emissions are projected to rise byup to 13% between 2020 and 2030. 

Pledges

Participants

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AGO Angola
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
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Australia Australia
Austria Austria
AZE Azerbaijan
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Bangladesh Bangladesh
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Cabo Verde Cabo Verde
Cambodia Cambodia
Flag of Cameroon Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad Chad
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The Comoros Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Cook Islands Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d’Ivoire
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Cuba Cuba
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Czech Republic Czech Republic
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Dominica Dominica
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Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
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Eswatini Eswatini
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European Union
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France
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Flag of Georgia Georgia
Germany
Ghana
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Flag of Grenada Grenada
Guatemala
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Flag of Guyana Guyana
Flag_of_Haiti Haiti
Flag of Honduras Honduras
Flag of Iceland Iceland
Indonesia
Iraq
Flag of Ireland Ireland
Israel
Italy
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
KZ Kazakhstan
Kenya
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF) Korea (Republic of)
Kosovo Kosovo
Flag of Kuwait Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon Lebanon
Lesotho Lesotho
Liberia
Flag of Libya Libya
Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg
Madagascar Madagascar
Flag of Malawi Malawi
Malaysia Malaysia
Flag of Mali Mali
Malta
Flag of the Marshall Islands Marshall Islands
Mauritania Mauritania
Mexico
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova Moldova (Republic of)
Flag of Monaco Monaco
Mongolia Mongolia
Flag of Montenegro Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique Mozambique
Namibia Namibia
Flag of Nauru Nauru
Flag of Nepal Nepal
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
The Niger Niger
Nigeria
Flag of Niue Niue
Flag of North Macedonia North Macedonia
Flag of Norway Norway
Oman Oman
Pakistan
Flag of Palau Palau
Flag of Panama Panama
Flag of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Flag of Peru Peru
Philippines
Flag of Portugal Portugal
Qatar Qatar
ROU Romania
Rwanda
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia
Samoa Samoa
San Marino San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe
Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Flag of Senegal Senegal
Flag of Serbia Serbia
Seychelles Seychelles
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
Flag of Singapore Singapore
Slovakia Slovakia
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands
Somalia Somalia
Flag of Spain Spain
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Sudan Sudan
Flag of Suriname Suriname
Sweden
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
TJK Tajikistan
Timor-Leste Timor-Leste
Togo
Flag of Tonga Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia
TKR Flag Turkmenistan
Tuvalu Tuvalu
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
United States of America
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Flag of Vanuatu Vanuatu
Flag of Vietnam Vietnam
The Republic of Yemen Yemen
Flag of Zambia Zambia

Champions

In 2023 a group of “GMP Champions” was convened by the GMP co-conveners the European Union and the United States. It currently comprises Canada, Germany, Japan, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nigeria and the European Union. Each GMP Champion has designated high level official(s) to advance the work of the GMP by:   

  • Advocating for methane action in relevant global and regional fora.   
  • Accelerating implementation of the GMP by (a) originating and/or playing a leading role on international methane efforts as appropriate, and (b) strengthening domestic methane mitigation efforts.   
  • Assembling on a regular basis to provide an update on the above and discuss key GMP next steps.  

Champions of the Global Methane Pledge (GMP) are uniting to advocate for accelerated methane action to achieve the Pledge and galvanise further progress by country participants and GMP supporters. As Champions, they will continue to spur domestic action in their respective countries.

Resources

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Global Methane Assessment: 2030 Baseline Report

This report is a product of the Global Methane Assessment (GMA) that details projections of anthropogenic methane emissions through 2030 under various baseline scenarios and assesses the climate benefits of achieving the Global Methane Pledge target compared to the impacts of those baseline emissions.

One of the key conclusions of the GMA was that currently available technological measures and policies could reduce emissions from the three main ant hropogenic methane emitting sectors by as much as 45 per cent of baseline emissions levels by 2030 (approximately 180 Mt per year in 2030).

Contact

The UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) provides secretariat services to the GMP.

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