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released by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) shows that human-caused methane emissions can be reduced by up to 45 per cent this decade. Such reductions would avoid nearly 0.3°C of global warming by 2045 and would be consistent with keeping the Paris Climate Agreement’s goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius (1.5˚C) within reach. The assessment, for the first time, integrates the climate and air pollution co...

Image: Shutterstock Methane emissions from human activities could be cut by an estimated 45% to help to keep the global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Methane is a greenhouse gas which is responsible for around 30% of warming since the pre-industrial period, according to scientific research. A new study by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) suggests the world needs to reduce methane emissions in the fossil fuel, waste and agriculture sectors if it is to me...

University of York Methane emissions can be reduced by up to 45 per cent this decade to help hit targets for managing global warming, according to new research. The report says most human-caused methane emissions come from three sectors: fossil fuels, waste, and agriculture. The report – involving researchers from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York – says methane must be reduced if global warming is to be kept within the limit laid down in the Paris Climate ...

Andersen said without both methane and carbon dioxide reductions the world cannot achieve the goals in the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Study lead author Drew Shindell, a Duke University Earth sciences professor, said recent acceleration of methane pollution “is really taking us far far off” the Paris goals. Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer, who wasn’t part of the report and co-wrote a study last week on the gas, called methane “the best dial we can turn to s...

Cutting methane quickly key to curbing dangerous warming: UN Toggle share menu Advertisement Cutting methane quickly key to curbing dangerous warming: UN This combination of satellite images provided by the Kayrros data analytics company shows methane plumes, captured using specialised sensors overlaid on optical photos, rising from natural gas sites in Aliso Canyon north of Los Angeles on Oct 26, 2015 (left) and the Permian Basin in Texas on Nov 8, 2020. (Images: AP/Kayrros) 0...

The report, published Thursday by the Climate and Clear Coalition and the U.N. Environment Programme, represents a shift in the worldwide conversation on how to best address the climate crisis, which has focused on longer-term carbon dioxide reduction. Methane is 84 times more potent than carbon and doesnt last as long in the atmosphere before it breaks down. This makes it a critical target for reducing global warming more quickly while simultaneously working to reduce other greenhouse gases. ...

Cutting the super-potent greenhouse gas methane quickly and dramatically is the world’s best hope to slow and limit the worst of global warming, a new United Nations report says. If human-caused methane emissions are cut by nearly in half by 2030, a half degree (0.3 degrees Celsius) of warming can be prevented by mid-century, according to Thursdays report by the United Nations Environment Programme. The report said the methane reduction would be relatively inexpensive and could be achieved ...

First published on Thu 6 May 2021 11.30 EDT Slashing methane emissions is vital to tackling the climate crisis and rapidly curbing the extreme weather already hitting people across the world today, according to a new UN report. In 2020 there was a record rise in the amount of the powerful greenhouse gas emitted by the fossil fuel industry, cattle and rotting waste. Cutting it is the strongest action available to slow global heating in the near term, Inger Andersen, the UN’s environment chi...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus 06 May 2021   On May 6, 2021, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Kenya, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Pavel Vzyatkin held a videoconference with Executive Director of the UNEP Inger Andersen. The Permanent Representative of Belarus noted the active contribution of the UNEP to achieving Sustainable ...

Cutting methane emissions key to slowing warming: UN Issued on: 06/05/2021 - 17:32 The fossil fuel sector accounts for 35 percent of human-caused methane emissions, the UN said INA FASSBENDER AFP/File 4 min Paris (AFP) Industry could cheaply and easily slash humanitys methane emissions by at least 30 percent in a decade, the United Nations said Thursday, adding that such cuts would slow global warming and prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths. Curb...