Measures to reduce methane emissions and accelerate electrification could help reduce projected global warming by half a degree Celsius, Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), stated on Monday.

Stiell called methane a super-pollutant, especially in the oil and gas as well as in waste management sectors. Together, measures to reduce methane emissions and accelerate electrification would be a cold soak for the planet that could reduce projected global warming by half a degree Celsius.

This is the most effective way to curb the temperature overshoot at this phase, keeping it within acceptable limits by consistently implementing practical solutions, Stiell stated, speaking at the opening ceremony of 31st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), in Antalya, Turkey. COP31 is being held from November 9 to 20.