Global Methane Pledge Ministerial

The GMP unites 159 participating countries and the European Commission in pursuit of a goal to cut methane emissions 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030. Now, the 5th edition of this Ministerial, since launching the Pledge at COP26, participants will meet to discuss the Global Methane Status Report, and progress made over the last year, and commit to new actions to tackle this potent super pollutant.

This event is invitation-only. 

Highlights from 2025 Global Methane Pledge Ministerial

Multilateralism mobilises at COP30 to pull the emergency methane brake

• USD $278 million in new funding for methane abatement was announced at COP30 by governments and philanthropies.
• Incoming G7 Presidency, France, committed to making delivery of methane reduction a priority on the margins of G7, with governments of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) to develop a global action pathway to 2030.
• World leaders are calling for faster action on methane emissions, including French President Macron, the Federated States of Micronesia’s President Simina, Barbados Prime Minister Mottley, Tuvaluan Prime Minister Teo, and UN Secretary-General Guterres.  
• The Global Methane Status Report and momentum on methane have captured global media and political attention, emerging as one of COP30’s most reported topics, with headlines appearing in The Associated Press, Le Monde, The Guardian, Agence France Presse, Bloomberg, EFE, Times of India, Radio France Internationale, India Today, and Le Figaro.    
• Public statements were complemented by many bilateral and smaller group discussions on collaboration to concretely advance the agenda.

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On 17 November 2025, at the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Belém, Brazil, the Global Methane Pledge Ministerial Roundtable convened Ministers and high-level representatives from over 45 countries and leading supporting organisations. The meeting, chaired by Canada and the European Union (EU), reviewed progress made since the launch of the Pledge in 2021, and set a strong and ambitious vision for methane abatement toward 2030.  

The discussions underscored the high political momentum on methane at COP30, taking place as the world approaches the 10-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement. The meeting built on  the Third Methane and Other Non-CO₂ Greenhouse Gases Summit, co-hosted by Brazil, China, and the United Kingdom on the margins of the COP30 World Leaders Summit, a clear signal of rising global commitment to accelerate methane action.

France committed to making delivery of methane reduction a priority of the French G7 Presidency, with governments in the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) developing a GMP methane abatement implementation plan to 2030, on the margins of G7. Recognising the fossil fuel sector as one of the lowest hanging fruits for climate action, 11 countries,  representing approximately 10% of global oil production and 18% of gas exports, so far have signed onto a UK-led statement on drastically reducing methane emission from the global fossil fuel sector, also supported by the European Commission (EC).  

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Launched at the GMP Ministerial, the UNEP-CCAC Global Methane Status Report offers the clearest picture yet of progress on methane abatement since the Pledge was launched, as well as an assessment of the remaining gap, and showcases a range of solutions for increased and accelerated action. Significant progress has been made since 2021, yet, to meet the GMP target, full global implementation of maximum technically feasible methane reductions is needed. This would avoid 0.2°C of warming by 2050 as well as over 180,000 premature deaths, and nearly 19 megatonnes of avoided crop losses annually by 2030. The value of these benefits is estimated to exceed USD $330 billion annually by 2030 - more than double the cost of taking action. When factoring in the broader social cost of methane, the benefit would be even greater. Low-cost actions across all methane emitting sectors are already available.

The GMP community is responding to this call for action with resolve. 81% of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) now include methane measures in at least 1 sector, compared to just 50% pre-2020, prior to the launch of the GMP. As of 14 November, 23% of countries (including the 27 European Union (EU) Member States) include quantified methane targets or assess the mitigation potential of measures in their NDC 3.0 in line with CCAC guidance. This provides the backbone to accelerate action.

USD $278 million in new funding for international methane and other non-CO2 super pollutant abatement was announced by governments and philanthropies, including EUR €15 million from Germany for urban value chains through bioenergy, a combined USD $11 million from Ireland, Norway, Sweden, the UK, Quadrature Climate Foundation and other donors for the CCAC, USD $5 million from the UK for international agricultural research, USD $100 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies for methane detection and response, USD $148 million from the Global Methane Hub (GMH), and USD 19 million from the Bezos Earth Fund for livestock genetics research. In 2025, the EC committed an additional USD $82.8 million for methane action with partner countries, the European Investment Bank provided EUR €2.85 billion in loans for projects impacting methane abatement, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development provided EUR €319.5 million in methane-relevant loans and grants.

Responding to the growing demand for a decisive shift towards implementation, the CCAC announced a Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator, aiming to fast-track deep reductions in methane and other super pollutants across 30 developing countries by 2030. The first cohort of 7 countries includes Brazil, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nigeria, and South Africa. The CCAC has already supported or is supporting 176 mitigation projects in the agriculture, waste, and fossil fuel sectors globally and supported 40 countries to integrate methane and other super pollutants into their NDCs, and 35 countries on national Methane Action Plans. Complementing the new Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator, the Secretariat also announced a Farmers' Initiative for Resilient and Sustainable Transformations, a Methane Regulator-to-Regulator Network (MR2R), complementing the CCAC’s Fossil Fuel Regulatory Programme, and an enhanced Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (CCAC-TEAP).  

Data on methane is more comprehensive, transparent, and accessible than ever. UNEP's Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) and Eye on Methane Platform, managed by IMEO, are extending to major methane emission events from the waste and steel sectors. Carbon Mapper’s Tanager-1 satellite identified and quantified more than 7,000 methane and CO2 plumes globally in its first year of operation, and the EU recently launched a Sentinel-5A satellite with significantly upgraded methane concentration measurement capabilities, with data freely available. The Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP) 2.0 now covers 42% cent of global oil and gas production, with 32% of that output reporting at, or on track to achieve, its Gold Standard. The platform is expanding metallurgical coal monitoring to include coverage of the steel sector.

Further, a committee representing 67 space and scientific agencies from around the world launched the first ever internationally endorsed Common Practices for Quantifying Methane Emissions from Plumes Detected by Remote Sensing to enhance. Tools such as Ember’s Coal Mine Methane Data Tracker and PSE’s Healthy Energy Methane Risk Map provide location-specific data visualisations to identify opportunities for action.