# Commission presents an EU methane strategy

Date: 2020

On 14 October 2020 the Commission presented a methane strategy covering energy, agriculture, and waste. Later methane rules followed. A strategy is not a leak-detection statute by itself.

## People

- Frans Timmermans: https://factrail.ai/people/frans-timmermans

## Drivers

- Decarbonization and climate-mitigation policy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/env-decarbonization-policy

## Sources

- https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52020DC0663

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-methane-strategy-2020