It is important to mention that the energy industry generates almost 40% of methane emissions caused by human activities, but has made limited progress in reducing them.<\/p>\n\n
\u201c Immediate reductions in methane emissions are needed to limit warming to 1.5\u00b0C<\/em> ,\u201d says the International Energy Agency.<\/p>\n\n According to the agency, 75% of methane emissions from the oil and gas industry and half of those produced by coal mining could be reduced through the use of existing technologies.<\/p>\n\n Furthermore, the IEA indicated that the cost of implementing all available mitigation strategies in the oil and gas industry until 2030 would be less than 2% of the net revenue generated by this industry in 2022.<\/p>\n\n Although methane emissions are expected to decline as the world moves toward its net-zero emissions goals, the report notes that even meeting these goals would not be enough to achieve the necessary reductions.<\/p>\n\n The report also highlights that the benefits of reducing these emissions go beyond mitigating climate change, as they would also help avoid nearly one million premature deaths due to ozone exposure and the loss of 90 million tons of crops. for the year 2050.<\/p>\n\nOil activity and methane emissions<\/h2>\n\n
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