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Seizing the Methane Moment

While methane gas is responsible for approximately 30 percent of the warming we’ve experienced to date, it has not been sufficiently prioritized in policy decisions or climate finance. Reducing methane emissions is one of the most impactful—and cost-effective—ways to tackle global warming at scale. By taking bold action now, we could save 255,000 lives from premature death, spare 775,000 people from asthma-related hospital visits, and reclaim 73 billion hours of lost labor every year. The potential for a healthier, more productive future is within reach.

To seize the moment on this urgent issue, philanthropists pledged $200 million to create the Global Methane Hub (GMH), which was established after the launch of the Global Methane Pledge to provide support and resources for the over 150 countries that have committed to take action toward reducing methane emissions.

GMH unites philanthropists, experts, nonprofits, and governments to scale solutions that drastically reduce emissions. By mobilizing philanthropic investment, GMH influences policy, leverages financing, and supports breakthrough technologies like the Methane Alert Response System—an innovative satellite tool that detects major leaks in the energy sector, providing crucial data to NGOs and governments, helping to reduce emissions in 20 cities, and impacting the lives of 135 million people over the next three years.

“The nimble and agile approach of the Hub is exactly where funders need to invest to encourage governments to take bold action, set ambitious targets, and speed up the innovations.”

Marisa de Belloy

High Tide Foundation

“The nimble and agile approach of the Hub is exactly where funders need to invest to encourage governments to take bold action, set ambitious targets, and speed up the innovations.”

Marisa de Belloy

High Tide Foundation

How Change Happens

Tactics and Tools Philanthropy Makes Possible

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Research and Innovation

Help countries accelerate the implementation of technical solutions, identify financing, and understand obstacles to implementing solutions.

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Policy

Ensure that methane reductions—and increased ambition—are part of countries’ climate plans, and that regulation accelerates solutions. 

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Finance

Work with multilateral development banks to shift finance toward methane mitigation and leverage catalytic funding dramatically.

Outcomes

The Global Methane Hub has supported significant methane reductions across the energy, agriculture, and waste sectors, contributing to tangible progress in combating climate change and improving air quality. According to GMH research, the public overwhelmingly supports these efforts to reduce harmful methane emissions. By convening partners for high-impact collaborations, building new initiatives, and sharing strategies, resources, data, and metrics, the Global Methane Hub is accelerating a faster and more ambitious path to impact.

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1st of its kind

open-source online data tool that allows governments and NGOs to assess landfill methane emissions so they can stop and prevent them.

127 major methane leaks

detected across four continents via the Methane Alert Response System (MARS), a satellite tool supported by GMH.

$200 billion mobilized

by GMH and public, private, and philanthropic partners for research and development technologies to meaningfully address and reduce methane emissions from livestock—the largest-ever, globally coordinated investment of breakthrough research in this area.