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Greetings from the International Gas Union,

Calls to action on reducing methane emissions for the upcoming COP26 event
feature prominently in key climate and energy global discourse. 

The urgency to reduce atmospheric methane emissions is undeniable. The IGU
has been a positive voice on this issue since 2016. 

Reducing the global methane emissions is the right thing to do.  It provides an
opportunity to secure a sustainable energy future, where natural gas today, and
more and more low carbon, renewable, hydrogen, and decarbonised gases in the
future, will play a vital role. 

The world needs a collective approach to prioritise achieving the biggest
reduction in atmospheric methane in the shortest period of time.  

The gas industry is committed, like no other, to prevent the loss of its
product. However, we cannot do it alone, nor would methane be sufficiently
reduced even if it did.  This is not a zero-sum game. It is a matter of public
good and shared responsibility.  

We have therefore prepared a short paper which includes the following key
points: 

 * Mitigating methane emissions from our operations is an opportunity to enhance
   the environmental and commercial case for gas even further. It makes all
   kinds of sense.  While safety was the primary initial motivating factor, the
   net result was a significant reduction of emissions throughout the global
   industry.
 * Without doubt there is more to be done: No two gas systems are created equal
   – around the world, and across the value chain, and the costs and complexity
   of mitigation can vary immensely based on that. Still, as science, technology
   and environmental urgency rapidly advance, so do the industry’s efforts to go
   above and beyond existing baselines. From individual targets to group
   initiatives, the gas industry has shown both commitment and action – often
   via voluntary and highly ambitious initiatives.
 * The gas industry cannot do it alone: The global gas industry is only a single
   source of the global methane emissions, amongst many. Namely, the global gas
   industry contributes somewhere between 6 and 8% of the total atmospheric
   methane emissions, and about 13% of the manmade part.[1] That is very
   significant, but often it seems that the gas industry is wrongly portrayed to
   be the only, or the main, source. 
 * Delaying action to reduce global methane emissions is not an option: The main
   goal should be achieving the maximum possible reductions in the shortest
   possible time; that means economy-wide and outcome-oriented approaches to
   mitigating, including opportunities across sectors should be prioritised 

Read Article: Getting it Right to Reduce Methane Emissions

We would be delighted to discuss this on a bilateral level. Please do feel free
to engage by getting in touch:

> Paddy Blewer, Director of Public Affairs
> 
> Paddy.Blewer@igu.org

Or

> Tatiana Khanberg
> 
> Tatiana.Khanberg@igu.org  


 
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