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Global Methane Assessment: Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Methane Emissions [1]
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Date: 2021-05-05 11:58:00
The assessment highlights the critical role that cutting methane emissions, including from the fossil fuel industry, plays in slowing the rate of global warming. Cutting human-caused methane by 45% this decade would keep warming beneath a threshold agreed by world leaders. There are multiple benefits to acting including: the rapid reduction of warming, which can help prevent dangerous climate tipping points; improved air quality that can save hundreds of thousands of lives; improve food security by preventing crop losses; and create jobs through mitigation efforts while increasing productivity through reduced heat stress.
The assessment was launched by Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) together with the United Nations Environment Programme.
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[1] Url:
https://www.unep.org/resources/report/global-methane-assessment-benefits-and-costs-mitigating-methane-emissions
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