The new Global Methane Pledge can buy time while the world drastically reduces fossil fuel use
Of the big pledges so far at the UN climate conference, cutting methane could have the most immediate impact.
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COP26: a letter to school strikers from ‘the physicist behind net zero’
A good luck message from a senior climate scientist – and some advice on where to aim your anger.
The UK urgently needs to cut its methane emissions by 2030: cows and sheep hold the key to success
If the UK government is to cut methane emissions by 30% before 2030, it needs fewer cows and more crops.
Methane is turbocharging unnatural disasters – Australia must get serious about reducing emissions
A new report from the Climate Council identifies ways to cut methane greenhouse emissions, almost two years after Australia signed a global pledge to reduce them.
Australia’s refusal to sign a global methane pledge exposes flaws in the term ‘net‑zero’
Targets for reductions in methane and other greenhouse gases should be guided by science, and set in line with the Paris deal.
Courts around the world have made strong climate rulings – not so in New Zealand
In several countries, court rulings have forced governments to make stronger cuts to emissions. But New Zealand courts have so far stayed clear of imposing legal steps, calling for regulation instead.
COP26: Two worlds talked past each other – or never even met
At COP26 in Glasgow everyone was committed to saving the planet, but there were highly divergent views about how to do it.
When China makes a climate pledge, the world should listen
Beijing has a track record of only promising what it plans to deliver. But too often the world’s attention is elsewhere.
Cop29: five critical issues still left hanging after an underwhelming UN climate summit in Azerbaijan
Missing money, Saudi wrecking, methane pledges and more.
No, signing the global methane pledge won’t end the backyard barbecue – it’ll strengthen Aussie industries
The agriculture and fossil fuel industries are the biggest sources of methane emissions in Australia. Here’s how signing the pledge may affect them.
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