France pushes for global action on methane emissions

G7 chair France pushed Monday for faster global action to reduce methane emissions at a conference in Paris as the International Energy Agency said discharges from the fossil fuel sector remained near record levels.Using its role as rotating president of the Group of Seven industrialised powers, France convened government officials, industry leaders and experts to build momentum ahead of the UN's COP31 climate summit in November.

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