After more than 100 countries pledged to reduce methane emissions during the UN Climate Change Conference in November, those nations’ concrete steps to meet those goals will be essential to track at COP27 in Egypt and COP28 in UAE, said an official with the Environmental Defense Fund Dec. 7.
“How are they strengthening their regulations? We’ll be looking for evidence of tangible action, along with plans,” said Mark Brownstein, senior vice president of energy at the Environmental Defense Fund speaking at an event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “In the words of Greta Thunberg, ‘blah, blah, blah’ doesn’t get you very far, so what we’re looking for in Egypt and the UAE are the steps beyond the words.” Joining an initiative launched by the US and the European Union, over 100 […]