John Kerry at Davos: "We have a huge methane problem, folks"
Channel: climatebrad
Date: 2021-01-29

1/27/21: US Climate Envoy John Kerry at the Davos World Economic Forum offers a strong critique of natural gas: “Gas is primarily methane, and we have a huge methane problem, folks.” He was responding to Shell CEO Ben van Breundel's argument that the US government should reduce demand for fossil fuels and not take action to reduce production (by companies like Shell). UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed offers an even more blunt criticism of van Breundel's argument that we can drill our way out of global warming: : "You can't be talking about new [fossil-fuel exploration and production], when the science tells you have to reduce that production 6 percent per annum and you're increasing by 2 percent."