Center for Climate Crime Analysis

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that accounts for around 30 percent of global warming. For a long time, the problem of carbon dioxide emissions has dominated the climate debate, but in 2021 at COP26, a new declaration on reducing methane emissions globally was adopted. The declaration created momentum on the issue – countries have […]

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that accounts for around 30 percent of global warming. For a long time, the problem of carbon dioxide emissions has dominated the climate debate, but in 2021 at COP26, a new declaration on reducing methane emissions globally was adopted. The declaration created momentum on the issue – countries have adopted national action plans and financial resources to produce better and more reliable data have increased. Despite this, efforts to reduce methane emissions globally are too slow to achieve our climate goals by 2030.

There are ambiguities and shortcomings in regulations for how companies should measure, report and reduce their methane emissions. There are also challenges for civil society to engage the public in the issue, for example when a methane leak is invisible in comparison with an oil spill, even though it can have a much greater impact on the climate. Another challenge is that the new technical data that is now available is too complex and difficult for civil society to easily use in its advocacy work.

In this project, the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA) wants to enable civil society to drive a reduction more effectively in methane emissions by compiling data and information linked to large emitters of methane gas.

The project is supported with SEK 3 000 000.