Turkmenistan is taking large-scale measures to minimise methane emissions, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports.
The issue was discussed at a government meeting.
Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov reported on the Turkmen delegation's participation in the 70th session of the UN Economic Commission for Europe, which was devoted to issues of "green" transformation.
Ashgabat declared the promotion of hydrogen energy in Turkmenistan and confirmed its readiness to expand international partnership in this sphere.
President Serdar Berdimuhamedov has approved holding a round-table discussion on the subject in Turkmenistan this May, the information says.
Relevant vectors of multi-faceted partnership with the UN are digitalisation and ecology, where our country also takes an active position by consistently promoting digital and green technologies at the national level, he said.
Turkmenistan is one of the key energy suppliers in the region. The fuel and energy sector accounts for most of the methane emissions caused by human activity.
Local experts told Daryo Turkmenistan is working to increase recovery of associated petroleum gas and reduce natural gas losses during extraction, transportation, storage and processing.
A separate session of the Turkmen Oil and Gas Investment Roadshow, scheduled for April 26-27 in Dubai, UAE, will be devoted to the issue.
Methane is a climate threat 80 times more potent than CO2.
Credits: Eziz Boyarov, Ashgabat
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