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Report/Gas releases into the atmosphere, near records

2024-03-13 13:19:21Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Report/Gas releases into the atmosphere, near records

Atmospheric gas emissions from the energy sector remained close to record levels in 2023, despite a series of commitments from the oil and gas industry, a report by the International Energy Agency points out.

Still, the agency said it was optimistic the new satellites could help improve monitoring and transparency about methane leaks, a powerful greenhouse gas responsible for nearly a third of the rise in global temperatures since the industrial revolution.

Fossil fuel production and use released over 120 million tonnes of methane into the atmosphere last year, a slight increase compared to 2022. Methane emissions have held around this level since 2019, according to the IEA's Global Methane Tracker.

According to the report, large plumes of methane from leaking fossil fuel infrastructure dropped by 50% in 2023 compared to 2022. One event detected by satellites was a well blowout in Kazakhstan that lasted more than 200 days.

At last year's United Nations climate summit in Dubai, 200 countries agreed to rapidly and substantially reduce methane emissions, adding to an earlier commitment made by more than 150 countries to reduce global emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by the end of this decade.

Dozens of oil companies have voluntarily committed to reducing emissions through the United Nations Environment Programme's Oil and Methane Gas Partnership. However, countries and companies do not accurately report the extent of their oil and methane gas emissions compared to the International Energy Agency's latest estimate.


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