BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 3. Methane is responsible for about 30 percent of anthropogenic global warming, and if we can quickly reduce methane emissions, the world will become a much greener place in the next few decades, Professor Steven Hamburg, Chief Scientist of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) said, Trend reports.
He made the statement on a panel of the conference “Progress on Methane: Advancing Global Methane Reduction,” held as part of the Baku Climate Action Week.
According to him, the atmospheric persistence of methane is rather brief; yet, its detrimental impact on the environment renders the mitigation of its emissions equally crucial as that of CO2 emissions.
“Failure to implement climate measures and intensify efforts to mitigate methane emissions will result in dire repercussions. Inaction may lead to mankind reaching acceptable methane emissions only by the year 2,100, but procrastination is not acceptable, and active measures are needed,” Hamburg noted.
He stressed that, on the bright side, methane is being kicked to the curb quicker than CO2.
“Companies involved in the FEC (fuel and energy complex), where methane emissions are the highest, must step up tracking of emissions and level them out using all the latest technological developments,” he added.
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