What countries are participating in the Methane to Markets Partnership?
Partners in this effort share certain characteristics, including generating significant levels of methane emissions, range of emission sources, special expertise, and geographic and economic significance. In the future, it is expected that the initiative will be expanded to include other countries where methane is an important emission source. The United States and 13 other countries launched the Methane to Markets Partnership in November 2004. Since then, 6 additional national governments as well as the European Commission have joined the Partnership, for a total of 21 partners.