COP31 adds over $500 million in commitments for methane and super pollutants

At the COP31 summit on methane and other non-CO2 greenhouse gases on November 12, philanthropic partners announced more than $480 million in new funding for methane and super-pollutant action. The United Kingdom added $25 million to extend the Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator to Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Fiji, Morocco, Pakistan, the Philippines and Uzbekistan. Announced Accelerator funding now totals $50 million, with an ambition to support 30 developing countries by 2030 through embedded government teams, technical assistance and investment-ready projects across energy, agriculture and waste. A pledge is not an emissions result; delivery, measurement rules and actual methane decline remain the acceptance test.