have our first report from science correspondent, victoria gill. the visible flare of methane release. scientists say this potent greenhouse gas has been responsible for about half the human induced warming of the planet we ve experienced so far. now a global partnership to tackle emissions by plugging leaks and covering landfill sites is being announced at the cop26 climate conference in glasgow. the initiative, led by the us and eu, pledges to cut emissions of the gas by at least 30% by 2030. china, russia and india, some of the world s top methane emitters, have not signed up. some of the big emitters need to join the pledge. so china, russia, for example. if we are going to achieve those big reductions that we need, then they need to come on board as well. the loss of forests around the world, estimated to be responsible for about 15%
to be at this international global climate conference and, of course, today he said he believed it was a mistake for them not to be at the summit. we showed up. we showed up. and by showing up we ve had a profound impact on the way i think the rest of the world is looking at the united states and its leadership role. i think it s been a big mistake for china and china not showing up. the rest of the world will look to china and say what value add are they providing? and what the president was talking about during this question and answer with this reporter was saying essentially china wants to take leadership in the world. that s what often they talk about and other interactions with world leaders but the president was saying it s a mistake that if that s their point of course to not show up and taik leadership at a major conference like this. we heard the president was going to try to take advantage of the fact that china was not present here at this summit and that is
emissions, relatively easy to do, plugging leaks and covering landfill sites, you get more return for your investment for pets and easier when then c02 which is just locked into so much for our process and how we run the country. low hanging fruit, ursula von der leyen said. exactly that. when it comes to what s on the agenda at cop26, any low hanging fruit, any easy wind on climate change, we talked a lot yesterday about bending that curve, curbing those methane emissions could bend that curve by about 0.2 degrees, that curve by about 0.2 degrees, that gets us to 2.5, not too close to that 1.5 target we talked about so much, but it s an easy wind and there are not many in climate change. it there are not many in climate chance. , , , ., , change. it begs the question, why has it not been change. it begs the question, why has it not been done change. it begs the question, why has it not been done already? - has it not been done already? exactly. then again, the science on this, the
world leaders at the global climate summit in glasgow are today agreeing two major deals to try to combat rising global temperatures. the first covers methane emissions, and the second is on deforestation. the agreement on methane, which is being led by america and the eu, aims to cut emissions of the gas by at least 30% by 2030. this despite some of the world s biggest polluting countries not being involved in the deal. with more from glasgow, here s our science correspondent, victoria gill. the visible flare of methane release. scientists say this potent greenhouse gas has been responsible for about half the human induced warming of the planet we ve experienced so far. now a global partnership to tackle emissions by plugging leaks and covering landfill sites has been announced at the cop26 climate conference in glasgow. the initiative, led by the us and eu, pledges to cut emissions
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