A global pledge to reduce methane emissions took two steps forward yesterday as 24 countries signaled they would join the effort and donors committed $200 million to the cause. The pledge now includes nine of the world’s top 20 methane emitters, representing about 30 percent of global emissions. “If we act together, we can really make a difference because rapidly reducing global methane emissions is the single fastest strategy we have to limit global warming,” Frans Timmermans, vice president of the European Commission, said at the opening of a ministerial meeting on the Global Methane Pledge. The joint pledge was announced by the United States and the European Union last month at a gathering of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate. Countries that sign up commit to a collective goal of reducing global methane emissions by at least 30 […]