UN unveils satellite-based system to spot methane / Photo: - - NASA/JPL-Caltech/AFP
-
亞歷克斯・博迪獲任命為 SCANDIC FINANCE 集團副總裁
-
Алекса Боді призначено віцепрезидентом групи SCANDIC FINANCE
-
Alex Bodi appointed Vice President of SCANDIC FINANCE GROUP
-
Alex Bodi, numit vicepreședinte al grupului SCANDIC FINANCE
-
Modern Warfare 4 Composer Reveals First-Ever Dedicated Multiplayer Score
-
Elon Musk jokes about moving businesses to space after US midterms
-
West Mercia Police opens 2027 cadet applications to Worcestershire teenagers
-
Worcestershire road closures announced for Remembrance Sunday events
-
Goa plans relationship-readiness course amid concern over divorces
-
Mutual fund returns show shifting leaders across market-cap categories
-
BHEL wins Adani Power projects valued at up to ₹28,000 crore
-
IndiGo holds talks with Embraer over potential order for 100 aircraft
-
India seeks threefold increase in coal stocks to prevent summer power shortages
-
Indian companies report mixed second-quarter results on November 4
-
Indus Towers expands solar-powered network to 50,000 telecom sites
-
KKR secures Indian regulator approval for Gentari Renewables investment
-
Equitas Small Finance Bank rebounds after naming interim chief executive
-
Bharti Airtel revenue expected to grow at double-digit pace in second quarter
-
Titan quarterly profit seen rising as jewellery business drives growth
-
Indian crude-sensitive shares gain after 13% oil-price decline
-
Kuwait finance minister holds economic cooperation talks at COMCEC
-
Stocks and dollar fall as Democratic election gains reshape markets
-
Kuwait marks key events and anniversaries from national history
UN unveils satellite-based system to spot methane
The UN unveiled on Friday a satellite-based system to detect methane emissions as part of efforts to cut down on the major contributor to global warming.
The Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) was announced by the UN Environment Programme during the COP27 climate summit in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Methane, emitted by leaks in fossil fuel installations as well as from other human caused sources like livestock farming and landfills, is responsible for roughly 30 percent of the global rise in temperatures to date.
Dozens of countries last year pledged to act to cut pollution from the potent greenhouse gas.
MARS will use data from global mapping satellites to detect methane "hot spots" and large plumes of the gas, and identify its source, the UN Environment Programme said in a statement.
UNEP would then notify governments and companies about the emissions "so that the responsible entity can take appropriate action."
"Reducing methane emissions can make a big and rapid difference, as this gas leaves the atmosphere far quicker than carbon dioxide," said UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen.
US climate envoy John Kerry said cutting methane was the "fastest opportunity" to help the world reach the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
T.Morelli--CPN
