EU on track to break pledge to cut methane emissions by 30%, warns report

Methane is the second biggest contributor to global heating after CO2 with most of Europe’s methane emissions coming from livestock. Photograph: Bernard O’Kane/Alamy

The EU is on track to break a promise to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030 made due to a “policy vacuum” on livestock emissions, a report has warned.

Methane is the second biggest contributor to global heating after carbon dioxide, with a greenhouse gas impact at least 27 times worse than CO₂ over a 100-year time span.