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This pledge is, it is about more than hitting targets. there are clear benefits to cutting emissions, methane emissions, yes, for the planet, but also so much for the people, too, because if we deliver on this pledge, we can prevent over 200,000 premature deaths. we can prevent hundreds of thousands of asthma-related emergency room visits. and over 20 million tons of crop losses a year by reducing ground level ozone pollution. i want to thank all those countries that have signed up to the global methane pledge. with this global pledge we are making cop26 the moment when the world moves from as...

Like the methane plume from this rubbish dump in the indonesian capital, jakarta. it is spewing methane equivalent to the co2 from three—quarters of a million cars. methane is also linked to air pollution that causes tens of thousands of deaths a year worldwide. an israeli minister who uses a wheelchair and was unable to get into cop26 says her experience showed the need for better accessibility. on monday, karine elharrar was forced to return to her hotel 50 miles away because the only access to the summit in glasgow was by shuttle or walking. the uk government has apologised. my colleaguej...

Catching on and taking the green industrial revolution worldwide. for example, we are working with south africa's president to bring his ambitious vision for greener growth, and i would say we've been asked king for action, as we know. cole, cars, cache entries. can certainly begin to take three of those boxes. and that's all happened because we were able to come together in person in glasgow and make this happen at cop26. it's only part of the story. although the uk has this week committed a further billion dollars of international climate finance, taking our total to £12.6 billion by

Economy working towards net zero. including india, keeping1 economy working towards net zero. including india, keeping 1 billion tonnes of carbon out of the atmosphere by switching half its power grid to renewable sources. more than 100 countries havejust signed up to cut their methane emissions by 2030. when we were selected as hosts of cop26, just 1% of the world's economy had met the post paris obligation to improve on their emission targets. the day that figure stands at at 80% —— today. it's notjust we're putting forward better targets. the world has been putting forward the plans to ...

And covering landfill sites is being announced at the cop26 climate conference in glasgow. the initiative, led by the us and eu, pledges to cut emissions of the gas by at least 30% by 2030. china, russia and india, some of the world's top methane emitters, have not signed up. some of the big emitters need to join the pledge. 50 china, russia, for example. if we are going to achieve those big reductions that we need, then they need to come on board as well. the loss of forests around the world, estimated to be responsible for about 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, has been the subject of this c...