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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey and Jonathan Watts in Belém

Keeping promises on renewables, energy efficiency and methane ‘would avoid nearly 1C of global heating’

Flames from a flaring pit near a well in an oil field
More than 160 governments are nominally signed up to the global methane pledge. Photograph: Orjan F Ellingvag/Corbis/Getty Images

Sticking to three key climate promises – on renewables, energy efficiency and methane – would avoid nearly 1C of global heating and give the world hope of avoiding climate breakdown, analysis published at the Cop30 climate summit suggests.

Governments have already agreed to triple the amount of renewable energy generated by 2030, double global energy efficiency by then, and make substantial cuts to methane emissions.

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