Canada to reduce emissions of methane
Oct. 31, 2025
Global Korean Post
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Food is the largest type of waste that Canadians send to landfills annually. When disposed of in landfills, food and other organic waste produce methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Reducing food waste disposal is an effective way to lower landfill methane emissions and protect the environment.
Canada is taking action to reduce emissions of methane, as it is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways to combat climate change.
Methane is a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential 84 times that of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period and at least 28 times over a 100-year period.
Methane accounted for about 16% of Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions in 2023. Methane is responsible for around 30% of the global rise in temperatures to date.
Slashing methane emissions is a top recommendation made by climate scientists to help mitigate climate change in the most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Canada is co-convening the Global Methane Pledge with the European Union and is one of over 150 countries to have joined the Global Methane Pledge. Canada’s approach to reducing methane emissions from landfills will help fulfill this international commitment.
