The US is piling on pressure to join a methane reduction initiative, and has opened its door to Australian firms to join the huge transition opportunity.
Mr Duke has also been putting pressure on Australia to join the 120 governments that have so far signed on to the Biden administration’s global initiative to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent by the end of the decade, something that wasbut which the Albanese government is reviewing.
Joining the Global Methane Pledge is opposed by the National Farmers’ Federation. Agriculture is the biggest contributor to Australia’s emissions of methane, which are 80 times more potent in global warming than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.from endorsing a move to join the initiative, while saying they are fully committed to cutting methane emissions.
“In the interim, it’s important that we work together to ensure that the fossil fuels that we continue to use during that transition are as clean as possible.”Mr Duke noted that methane in the atmosphere already accounts for half a degree of today’s 1.1 centigrade of warming, and methane emissions are still rising, but the Global Methane Pledge initiative represented a commitment to work together to turn that around and “pump the brakes” on climate change.
and alliances to secure the global supply of critical minerals with the aim of reducing reliance on China in important areas of technology needed for the transition.
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