This week's visit by U.S. climate envoy John Kerry to China after years of diplomatic disruptions could boost cooperation between the world's two biggest carbon polluters on the key issue of methane emissions.
Gas is extracted from a coalbed methane well in Jincheng, Shanxi province, China November 14, 2018. REUTERS/David Stanway/File Photoby U.S. climate envoy John Kerry to China after years of diplomatic disruptions could boost cooperation between the world's two biggest carbon polluters on the key issue of methane emissions.
During those COP27 climate talks last year in Egypt, China's top climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua, made an unexpected appearance at a meeting of the Global Methane Partnership, a U.S.-EU led initiative aimed at slashing 2020-level methane emissions by 30% by the end of this decade. "It's the opening salvo to be able to sit down and have some more serious discussions about methane in China," said Jonathan Banks, global director for methane prevention at the global research and advocacy nonprofit Clean Air Task Force .
Xie acknowledged last year that China's ability to control methane remains "weak", as the country was first focusing on its monitoring efforts. "There may be a bit of reluctance to commit to anything without a better sense of what they're emitting," Banks said. "But that in and of itself could be a commitment that they can make to improve the quality of data from the sector."Two big sources of methane emissions growth in China are livestock and rice production, neither of which are included in the country's climate plans.
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