Turkmenistan's Heir Apparent Makes Vague Pledges In Glasgow To Cut Methane Emissions, 8 November 2021

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov sent his only son, Serdar, to Glasgow to represent Turkmenistan at the COP26 world climate conference...

Serdar said...that his country paid special attention to reducing its methane emissions and welcomes the Global Methane Pledge, which he said Turkmenistan was interested in "studying."

For most of the delegates at the conference that statement probably did not mean much, but according to an October 19 report by Bloomberg in 2020, the International Energy Agency estimates that Turkmenistan’s overall methane emissions from oil and gas were behind only Russia and the U.S., both of which have significantly larger energy industries and populations...

Back in Glasgow, the Turkmen heir apparent said Turkmenistan "in the medium term plans to achieve zero growth of greenhouse emissions, starting in 2030," and he added, "in the long term - annual significant reductions in emissions."...But there were no details about how much of a significant reduction will be made from current emission levels.