UK methane emissions could be cut by 40% by 2030, says thinktank

Green Alliance lists measures that could cut emissions of gas that has 80 times global heating power of CO₂

Methane emissions in the UK could be cut by more than 40% by 2030 with a raft of inexpensive policies, according to an environmental thinktank.

The government has pledged to cut emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas that has more than 80 times the global heating power of CO₂, by at least 30% by 2030. The move was trumpeted by Boris Johnson when he was prime minister after the UK joined more than 100 other countries to make the pledge at Cop26 in Glasgow.