LondonMethane fades from the atmosphere in decades, not centuries.
Cutting it is the only lever that shows up in temperature within a couple of decades.
The largest tractable sources are fossil-fuel venting and flaring, measurable from orbit.
Even under existing net-zero pledges, unchecked methane still pushes peak warming past 1.85C, a new study found.
How each outlet framed it
- Carbon Brief
- decouples methane from CO2 reduction using warming-limit targets, shows net-zero CO2 alone insufficient without methane cuts
Sources: Carbon Brief