To demonstrate how methane emissions can be reduced, CGD and EnergyCC have launched a video as a call for action.

Reduction of methane is a quintuple win:for health, for climate, for energy access, for food security and for fiscal revenues. Methane reduction from the oil & gas sector is attractive because emissions are concentrated and have a favourable abatement cost profile.

Governments of developing countries dependent on oil revenues are particularly exposed to oil theft, when these are not well diversified by other sources of (tax) income