New EU measures to reduce methane emissions

The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement recently reached between the European Parliament and the Council on a new EU regulation to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector in Europe and in our global supply chains.

New EU measures to reduce methane emissions. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas (it represents the second largest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide) and a serious air pollutant. The agreement reached is therefore crucial to deliver on the European Green Deal and reduce our net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. It will oblige the fossil gas, oil and coal sectors to properly measure, monitor, report and verify their methane emissions under the highest monitoring standards. And to take measures to reduce those emissions. The agreement comes just weeks before the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28). In which the EU will maintain its commitment to reduce methane emissions with international partners.

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