Source: Rachel Frazin, THE HILL, 4/27/21


Swift action to cut methane emissions could reduce the planet’s near-term warming by as much as 30 percent, according to a new study.  The study, published in Environmental Research Letters, found that it’s possible to cut methane emissions from human activities in half by 2030. It said that “pursuing all mitigation measures now” could slow near-term warming by around 30 percent, avoid one-quarter degree celsius of warming by the middle of the century and chart the course for avoiding more than one-half degree of warming by 2100. 

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