Author: Methane Action

As important as decarbonization will be post-2050, it is essential to couple it with a strategy to immediately cut methane and the other short-lived super climate pollutants, as this can avoid four times more warming at mid-century than decarbonization alone can…. 40 to 50 percent of methane emissions are from natural sources, including tropical wetlands, peatlands and Arctic […]

Read More… from In The Hill: COP27: A global methane agreement can prevent climate catastrophe

Source:  Methane Action www.methaneaction.org NEWS RELEASE For immediate release Contact:  Stephen Kent, skent@kentcom.com +1 914 589 5988 At the COP27 Climate Summit Expert Sources Offer Intel And Interviews on Addressing the Methane Emergency [Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt – November 9, 2022] Leading experts on methane issues who are attending the COP27 climate summit can offer intelligence, insights, and on-the-ground interviews on […]

Read More… from At the COP27 Climate Summit Expert Sources Offer Intel and Interviews on Addressing the Methane Emergency

In addition to climate reparations, the developed world also needs to put resources into climate restoration, so loss and damage don’t keep compounding beyond all possible compensation. Methane should be a primary focus of that effort. Given its outsized warming effect and its skyrocketing accumulation in the atmosphere, it’s the most powerful lever we have […]

Read More… from In The Hill: Climate Week congregants should address methane

If the warming Earth is already starting to release more methane, then this vicious cycle — in which warming triggers more warming — could become self-perpetuating. Although that moment could still be decades in the future, once that tipping point is reached, it will be very hard to reverse. Anticipating this, some groups are starting […]

Read More… from In Financial Times: Methane hunters: what explains the surge in the potent greenhouse gas?