Why curbing methane emissions will help fight climate change
It's a more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and should be easier to control
THE HEADLINE of the latest pronouncement from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the physical science of climate change is the finding that, even if the world cuts emissions by more than governments are promising, it is still “more likely than not” that Earth will be 1.5°C warmer by around 2050 than it was in the late 19th century.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “It is not all about the carbon”
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