An Eye on Methane 2024

Human-caused methane emissions are responsible for roughly a third of the planet’s current warming. Reducing these emissions is the fastest, most cost-effective way to slow global warming in the near-term – and is essential to avert worsening climate damages. 

The fourth edition of UNEP’s International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) publication, An Eye on Methane, Invisible but not unseen, takes stock of progress harnessing a methane data revolution that can accelerate methane reduction at a global scale.

UNEP’s IMEO provides data to the individuals who can act to reduce emissions. To do this, IMEO collects and publishes data through rigorous industry reporting via the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0 (OGMP 2.0), from satellites via the Methane Alert and Response System (MARS), from its series of global methane science studies, and from national emissions inventories.