The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will use data supplied by environmental intelligence company Kayrros for its International Methane Emissions Observatory initiative.
This is designed to dramatically reduce the concentration of methane in the atmosphere.
UNEP IMEO, which was launched at the G20 Summit in 2021, is set to transform the conventional approach to methane reduction by combining a wealth of verified third-party data with action on research, reporting and implementation.
Kayrros, which brings extensive experience and expertise in geoanalytics, AI, and satellite imaging will contribute to advance UNEP’s goal of building a science-based global dataset of empirically verified methane emissions at an increasing level of accuracy and granularity.
The data will help companies and national regulators reduce methane emissions at a rate never before seen.
Antoine Rostand, co-founder and president of Kayrros, said: “The Global Methane Pledge is key to delivering the greenhouse gas cuts needed to avert the worst effects of climate change. Kayrros is pleased to become a key data provider to IMEO to help it execute its mission, and grateful for the generous support of the Global Methane Hub. The collaboration thus made possible will bring great benefit for climate and humankind.”
The data supplied by the Kayrros Methane Watch platform will allow for increasingly detailed analysis of reported methane emissions from oil, gas and coal (both thermal and metallurgical) extraction around the world.
Much of the prevalent data until now had been drawn from generic emissions factor-based calculations, often done by companies in-house, which have been shown to underestimate measured methane emission levels by some distance.
Kayrros to supply UNEP with global detection and measurement capacity
