Countries to make new methane reduction commitments at COP29 - official

BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 11. Countries will make new commitments on methane reduction at COP29, the Senior Advisor to the US President on International Climate Policy John Podesta said during a briefing at COP29 in Baku, Trend reports.

“When we meet tomorrow, you will see that countries are making several new commitments to reduce emissions, particularly methane, in the oil and gas sector.

We have put in place strict rules to do that, and we will fight and make sure that those rules remain in place to reduce emissions, particularly methane in the US oil and gas sector.

We also see a lot of interest in working with the US and other countries to reduce methane emissions," he said.

The opening ceremony of the much-anticipated COP29 conference has kicked off today at the Baku Olympic Stadium.

The highest-level event within COP29, the World Leaders Climate Action Summit, will take place from November 12-13.

The decision to host COP29 in Azerbaijan was made at the COP28 plenary session held in Dubai on December 11 of last year.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, signed in June 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, aims to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. The “COP” (Conference of the Parties) is the highest governing body responsible for overseeing the convention’s implementation.