Kota Kinabalu: Methane-emitting sectors in Malaysia are oil & gas (37 per cent), palm oil sector pome (29 per cent), solid waste including landfills (23 per cent), agriculture (8 per cent), wastewater (3 per cent), and industrial sector (1 per cent).
“The Oil & Gas Sector accounts for 42 per cent of global emissions,” Dr Helena Varkkey Muhammad said adding it is vital to clean up the oil and gas supply chain and improve monitoring, reporting and verification mechanisms to reduce emissions.
Methane is one of the greenhouse gases (GHG) causing global warming as a hydrocarbon that is a primary component of natural gas. The Global Methane Pledge (GMP) aims to catalyse global methane emission reductions of at least 30 per cent by 2030.
