China will look into methane emissions in key industries, including coal mining, agriculture and petroleum, and publish a nationwide methane emission control action plan, the environment ministry said on Thursday.
China and the United States, the world's two biggest greenhouse gases emitters, unveiled a deal earlier this month to ramp up cooperation tackling climate change, including by cutting methane emissions.
"The formulation of a methane action plan is ... an important work of China's active response to climate change strategy, and an important measure to implement the Sino-U.S. joint declaration," Lu Xinming, a vice director of the climate change department
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