Identifying and Monitoring Priority Areas for Methane Emissions Reduction

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-10391

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Identifying and Monitoring Priority Areas for Methane Emissions Reduction

dc.contributor.author	Dasgupta, Susmita
dc.contributor.author	Lall, Somik
dc.contributor.author	Wheeler, David
dc.date.accessioned	2023-04-05T17:56:25Z
dc.date.available	2023-04-05T17:56:25Z
dc.date.issued	2023-04-05
dc.description.abstract	This paper identifies high-priority areas for methane emissions reduction and estimates recent emissions changes in those areas using atmospheric concentration data from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-5P satellite platform. The modeling approach is illustrated with three case studies: landfills in Spain (Madrid), irrigated rice production in India (Karnal district, Haryana state), and oil production in Iraq (Al Amarah district, Maysan governorate). For each case, the paper estimates two change models by fixed effects: the monthly trend in methane concentration from January 2019 to November 2022, and the difference between mean concentration in 2022 and the previous three years. The paper estimates the change models for 775 high-priority areas and finds that cases with decreasing methane emissions are outnumbered four to one by cases with increasing emissions. The paper also analyzes trends in high-priority areas for seven major methane source sectors (agricultural soils, livestock, gas, oil, coal, landfills, and wastewater) and finds only two where emissions decreases outnumber increases (gas and oil). Among World Bank income groups, decreases outnumber increases in high-income economies but increases are hugely dominant in the other three groups. The paper concludes with a presentation of summary emissions trend reports for all 775 high-priority areas, with accompanying maps and an Excel file. As satellite-based monitoring becomes more widely employed, such reports will provide a useful template for judging further progress toward fulfillment of the Global Methane Pledge.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099328304032318842/IDU1b6e46d1c163ae1461619aa5175bdd9e50999
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-10391
dc.identifier.uri	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39635
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Papers; 10391
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	METHANE EMISSION REDUCTION
dc.subject	SATELLITE METHANE DATA
dc.subject	ENVIRONMENTAL CASE STUDY
dc.subject	RICE PRODUCTION METHANE
dc.subject	OIL PRODUCTION POLLUTION
dc.subject	AGRICULTURE METHANE POLLUTION
dc.subject	GLOBAL METHANE PLEDGE
dc.title	Identifying and Monitoring Priority Areas for Methane Emissions Reduction	en
dc.type	Working Paper
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Identifying and Monitoring Priority Areas for Methane Emissions Reduction
okr.date.disclosure	2023-04-03
okr.date.lastmodified	2023-04-03T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099328304032318842/IDU1b6e46d1c163ae1461619aa5175bdd9e50999
okr.guid	099328304032318842
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-10391
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	34034418
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	34034418
okr.identifier.report	WPS10391
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okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099328304032318842/pdf/IDU1b6e46d1c163ae1461619aa5175bdd9e50999.pdf	en
okr.region.country	India
okr.region.country	Malaysia
okr.region.country	Spain
okr.topic	Environment::Pollution Management & Control
okr.topic	Environment::Air Quality & Clean Air
okr.topic	Agriculture::Climate Change and Agriculture
okr.unit	DEC-Sustainability & Infrastruct (DECSI)