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		</div><p>Emissions of planet-warming methane from oil, gas and coal production are significantly higher than world governments claim, according to the International Energy Agency.</p>
<p>The Paris-based agency said its analysis shows emissions are 70% higher than the official figure provided by governments.</p>
<p>If all leaks were plugged, the methane captured would be enough to supply all of Europe’s power sector, it added.</p>
<p>The findings underline “the urgent need for enhanced monitoring efforts and stronger policy action to drive down emissions of the potent greenhouse gas”, the IEA said.</p>
<p>Experts say methane is responsible for almost a third of the temperature increase that has occurred since the start of the industrial revolution, although the gas remains in the atmosphere for a much shorter time than carbon dioxide.</p>
<p>Bringing down methane emissions is seen as a crucial and quick way to limit further warming over coming decades.</p>
<p>The IEA said its annual Global Methane Tracker report shows emissions from the energy sector grew by almost 5% last year. It said the volume leaked amounted to about 180 billion cubic metres of natural gas.</p>
<p>“That is equivalent to all the gas used in Europe’s power sector and more than enough to ease today’s market tightness,” the IEA said.</p>
<p>The agency’s executive director, Fatih Birol, called for greater transparency on the size and location of methane emissions.</p>
<p>New satellites have helped experts pinpoint the sources of large emissions, though regions along the equator, the far north and offshore are still poorly covered.</p>
<p>The countries with the highest emissions are China, Russia, the US, Iran and India, the IEA said.</p>
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