{"id":707068,"date":"2021-11-03T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T11:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=707068"},"modified":"2021-11-03T07:32:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T11:32:00","slug":"esa-and-ghgsat-support-new-international-methane-emissions-observatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=707068","title":{"rendered":"ESA and GHGSat support new International Methane Emissions Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GHGSat_and_ESA_to_support_United_Nations_Environment_Programme_s_International_Methane_Emissions_Observatory_card_full.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the first 20 years of reaching the atmosphere, methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide. Reducing emissions of this extremely potent gas is, therefore, one of the fastest ways of slowing the rate of global warming, at least in the short term \u2013 and at COP26, more than 100 countries have just signed up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/statement_21_5766\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Global Methane Pledge<\/a>, which aims to limit emissions by 30% compared with 2020 levels.<\/p>\n<p>With both public and commercial satellite data playing key roles in assessing progress on climate action, ESA and GHGSat are supporting the United Nations Environment Programme\u2019s new International Methane Emissions Observatory, also announced at COP26.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Applications\/Observing_the_Earth\/ESA_and_GHGSat_support_new_International_Methane_Emissions_Observatory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ESA and GHGSat support new International Methane Emissions Observatory<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ESA Space News&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first 20 years of reaching the atmosphere, methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide. Reducing emissions of this extremely potent gas is, therefore,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":707069,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-707068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ESA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=707068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/707069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=707068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=707068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=707068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}