MARS Launched at COP27

Current Context: The Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) was launched at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP) 27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

MARS is a part of intergovernmental global efforts to mitigate climate change by tackling global warming gas viz. Methane.
MARS is a satellite-based monitoring system for tracking and alerting stakeholders regarding CH4 (methane) emissions.
The data-to-action platform was instituted as part of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) strategy to get policy-driven data for emission mitigation.
MARS will be the first publicly available universal system that will connect CH4 detection to notification processes transparently.
Methane is considered the second-most common of the six major greenhouse gases (GHGs) (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, and SF6) and constitutes 17% of the current GHG emissions.