Methane’s rapid spurt risks climate curbs plan
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Methane’s rapid spurt risks climate curbs plan
A recent rapid rise in methane could damage global attempts to slow climate change through cuts in carbon dioxide emissions.
By Alex Kirby
LONDON, 12 December, 2016 – One year ago today, with huge relief, scarcely able to believe their achievement, world leaders finally agreed to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.
But a bare 12 months later comes sobering news: atmospheric concentrations of another gas, methane, are growing faster than at any time in the last 20 years, putting further pressure on the historic Paris Agreement to deliver substantial cuts in emissions very soon.