World leaders pledge $480 million to cut powerful climate-warming gases

A new push at the COP31 summit aims to slash methane emissions, a move that experts say pays for itself many times over.

World leaders have announced a major new plan at the COP31 summit. They are putting up $480 million to help get rid of methane and other harmful gases that warm up our planet. Methane is a "super-pollutant." That is just a fancy way of saying it traps heat in the air much faster than carbon dioxide does. By focusing on these gases, countries hope to slow down climate change quickly. People around the world are behind this, too. A new poll shows that 85% of people across 18 different countries want their governments to take action against methane emissions. This is not just good for the pla…