How tracking methane helps fight climate change
By Antoine Rostand, President and Founder of Kayrros
The need to track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions has never been more urgent. According to the IPCC, “without increased and urgent mitigation in the coming years, leading to a sharp decline in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, global warming will surpass 1.5C in the following decades, leading to irreversible loss of the most fragile ecosystems, and crisis after crisis for the most vulnerable people and societies.” And yet they continue to increase.
However, while much attention is paid to CO2, which accounts for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions, less is paid to a far more potent gas. Methane (20% of global emissions) is considered a “short-term climate forcer”, with a lifespan of about 12 years compared with CO2’s 300 to 1,00...
