What is methane and why care? Methane is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) with significant environmental and health impacts. It warms the planet around 30 times more than Carbon Dioxide over a 100 year period and over 80 times more over a 20 year period.
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is the most significant ozone-depleting substance (ODS) in the world today and is projected to remain so throughout the 21st century. It is also the third most important greenhouse gas (GHG), being 273 times more potent than carbon dioxide (CO2) on a tonne-for-tonne basis over a 100-year period.
This briefing outlines EIA’s concerns over carbon trading and the sale of carbon offset credits to fund activities related to the management and destruction of ozone depleting substances (ODS) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
Cutting emissions of superpollutants provides an opportunity to more efficiently reduce greenhouse gas emissions than a focus solely on carbon dioxide. In other words, it packs a larger punch.
A new paper written by EIA climate campaigners and published this week outlines significant greenhouse gas mitigation opportunities under the global ozone treaty – the Montreal Protocol
A new paper published this week outlines significant greenhouse gas mitigation opportunities under the global ozone treaty – the Montreal Protocol