CLIMATE'S * -SUPER- POLLUTANT : REDUCING METHANE PRCIS

 

Your otherwise excellent story on heatwaves jumps too quickly to the possible need for solar geoengineering to cool the planet quickly. [ Turning up the heat, July 22nd ]. 

In terms of slower warming, OUR RESEARCH shows that the best strategy over the next two decades is to cut methane, a super climate pollutant, which can avoid warming of up to nearly 0.3 Celsius by the 2040s.

The International Energy Agency finds that the methane which leaks from oil and gas production could be reduced by 75% at no or low cost.

A mandatory agreement to cut methane, starting with oil and gas sectors, should be a priority at the next global climate negotiations in the United Arab Emirates in December.

The World Students Society thanks authors :

Durwood Zaelke
President 

Gabrielle Dreyfus
Chief scientist
Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development
WASHINGTON, DC.