Global Methane Tracker 2025

Methane is responsible for around 30% of the rise in global temperatures since the Industrial Revolution, and rapid and sustained reductions in methane emissions are key to limiting near-term global warming and improving air quality. The energy sector – including oil, natural gas, coal and bioenergy – accounts for more than 35% of methane emissions from human activity. The IEA’s annually updated Global Methane Tracker is an indispensable tool in efforts to bring down methane emissions from across the energy sector.

The Tracker features our latest estimates of emissions from across the sector – drawing on the most recent data and readings from satellites and ground-based measurements – and the costs and opportunities to reduce these emissions. For the first time, the 2025 update will include country-level data on historical emissions and the outlook for 2030 and 2035 in different scenarios; an interactive tool to explore international methane initiatives; and estimates for emissions from abandoned fossil fuel facilities. It also provides a fully open access model that can be used to explore abatement options for oil and gas operations.