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Komal gupta

10/12/21 10:55 AM IST

Source: PIB

India co-chairs Global Methane Initiative Steering Leadership Meeting

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A Steering Leadership meeting of Global Methane Initiative (GMI) has been held virtually.

About GMI

  • Global Methane Initiative(GMI) is a voluntary Government and an informal international partnership having members from 45 countries including the United States and Canada. The forum has been created to achieve global reduction in anthropogenic methane emission through partnership among developed and developing countries having economies in transition.
  • The forum was created in 2004 and India is one of the members since its inception and has taken up Vice-Chairmanship for the first time in the Steering Leadership along with USA. The Chairperson of the Steering Leadership is from Canada.
  • Several decisions including holding of next round of meeting in near future were taken. Both Canada and the US appreciated the actions taken by India in reducing and harnessing methane gas.

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