Bottom‑up global emissions estimates of methane (Lamarque et al., 2010; Hoesly et al., 2018; Janssens‑Maenhout et al., 2019; Höglund‑Isaksson et al., 2020) for the last two decades are higher than top‑down assessments (e.g., Saunois et al., 2016, 2020) but trends from the two methods are similar and indicate continued growth