@MethaneData

IMEO collects and integrates #MethaneEmissions data to target ambitious emissions reductions & track progress on mitigation commitments. Powered by @UNEP.

Joined February 2021
🟢 250 years after Alessandro Volta first identified methane from bubbling marshes, science is transforming how we understand — and act on — this powerful greenhouse gas. 🧵
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👏 Pakistan’s Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDC) joins OGMP 2.0 as the first member from the country! Growing OGMP 2.0 membership, especially among NOCs, signals rising momentum to turn ambition into action.
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🔑 The energy sector offers some of the fastest, most cost-effective opportunities to reduce #MethaneEmissions — and expanding participation in OGMP 2.0 is critical to scaling credible data and accountability across the sector.
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🌍 Expanding engagement across new regions and countries, including Pakistan, strengthens the partnership’s thriving community of practice, which harnesses the power of collaboration for data-driven climate action. Learn more about OGMP 2.0 at ogmpartnership.org
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🛠️ Happening today: training government and industry stakeholders in Uzbekistan on @UNEP's #OGMP 2.0, the world's leading measurement-based reporting framework for methane emissions in the oil and gas sector Learn more: unep.org/events/workshop/vir…
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🟢 Renaissance Africa Energy Company joins OGMP 2.0, expanding methane transparency efforts in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. The 160+ members of the Partnership commit to measurement-based methane reporting to support efforts to #CutMethane. Learn more: ogmpartnership.org
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🟢 Methane mitigation confirmed in Iraq following the repair of a leaking gas pipeline. 🛰️ @UNEP's MARS has verified via satellite that methane emissions from this source were no longer observable following the application of a protective coating to repair corrosion.
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@UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an increased response to MARS satellite alerts—this case is a clear example of the potential countries can tap into by translating data into action 👏. More about this mitigation case: wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.50…
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🏭 Methane emissions are emerging as a key issue for the future competitiveness and sustainability of the steel sector. Today, institutional investors issued a clear signal to the market: addressing methane is both a climate and financial imperative.
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🤝 Better data is needed so companies can drive and track real emission reductions: By engaging with @UNEP’s Steel Methane Programme, the first global initiative focused on metallurgical coal methane in steel, the sector can measure, report, and #CutMethane.
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📈 Early action creates competitive advantage: As scrutiny and regulation grow, methane performance will shape access to capital, markets and customers. Read the full Position Statement: wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.50…
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🚨 In a landmark address, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres issued a global Call to Action to #CutMethane to accelerate climate progress and advance energy security. 🧵
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to the information needed to target #ClimateAction. 🤝 Through IMEO, UN Environment Programme is helping turn this science, data and transparency into practical methane mitigation and answer the Secretary-General's call.
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📈 Progress is underway, but much greater ambition and implementation are needed to seize one of the world's biggest climate opportunities. Learn more about the Secretary-General's Call to Action on Methane: un.org/en/climatechange/meth…
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