super pollutants

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is highlighting digital solutions for rice cultivation as a way to cut super pollutants such as methane across food and climate systems. Rice paddies are a major source of methane, a potent short-lived greenhouse gas, and the initiative points to technology-driven practices that can reduce emissions while supporting food production and climate goals.

The Philippines is intensifying efforts to cut methane, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons as part of its goal to reduce and avoid greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent under its 2026 Nationally Determined Contribution. The move targets potent short-lived climate pollutants alongside carbon dioxide, aligning the country with international climate commitments.

The Philippines is targeting a $5-million United Nations fund to address so-called super pollutants, highly potent greenhouse gases such as methane and hydrofluorocarbons that warm the planet far faster than carbon dioxide. Accessing the fund would help the country finance measures to cut these emissions. The move highlights growing attention in Southeast Asia on short-lived climate pollutants as part of wider climate action efforts.