Reducing Gas Flaring and Methane Emissions

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Blog Post

Gas Flaring: A $100 Billion Problem with a Policy Solution
Mark Plant et al.
April 01, 2026
Every year, oil and gas producers burn off or vent into the atmosphere roughly 8 percent of the gas they extract. Reducing this waste is not an intractable problem. It is a policy failure. And fixing it would deliver a rare win-win.
Google Earth image of a methane flare with a circle marking the flare
Blog Post

COP30: Learning from Brazil’s Experience Limiting Gas Flaring

John Hicklin et al.
November 18, 2025
Given Brazil’s leadership role at this year’s COP, its experience with gas flaring will set an example for both established and new oil and gas producers.
Methane flare
VIDEO

Methane Reduction for Climate and Development
November 29, 2023
By incentivizing companies to capture and use currently wasted gas, countries can eliminate a threat to human health and food security, increase energy access, and help generate tens of billions of dollars per year for national economies.
A still from an animated video on methane reduction

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2023

VIRTUAL
9:00—10:30 AM ET / 2:00-3:30 PM GMT

Practical Action on Methane Emissions: How the IMF and Others Can Help
John Hicklin
and
Mark Plant
November 06, 2023
For this event, the Center for Global Development brings together the perspectives of country policy makers and regulators, fiscal policy experts, and researchers to share insights on how some countries are already leading in application and on how other countries can benefit. Solutions are in part ...