(CNN) President Joe Biden targeted planet-warming methane emissions on Tuesday from the UN climate summit, announcing strong new US regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency and launching a Global Methane Pledge, in partnership with the European Union, that has been signed by around 100 countries. Alongside EU President Ursula von der Leyen, Biden also officially launched a Global Methane Pledge that has been months in the making. The pledge aims slash global methane emissions by nearly 30% by the end of the decade. Since September, around 100 nations joined that pledge -- some, including Brazil and Kuwait, just a day before the pledge was officially launched. "This isn't just something we have to do to protect the environment and our future," Biden said.

Source: CNN November 03, 2021 02:18 UTC