Acting rapidly to deploy readily available methane mitigation measures by sector can immediately slow global warming

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 54042 - 54052
• Main Authors: Ocko, Ilissa B, Sun, Tianyi, Shindell, Drew, Oppenheimer, Michael, Hristov, Alexander N, Pacala, Stephen W, Mauzerall, Denise L, Xu, Yangyang, Hamburg, Steven P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.05.2021
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; Climate action; Climate change; Climate change mitigation; Climate policy; Decarbonization; early action; Emissions; Emissions control; Environmental policy; Global warming; Methane; methane mitigation; Net zero; rate of warming; Scaling up

Methane mitigation is essential for addressing climate change, but the value of rapidly implementing available mitigation measures is not well understood. In this paper, we analyze the climate benefits of fast action to reduce methane emissions as compared to slower and delayed mitigation timelines....