The biggest challenge to limiting climate change to 2°C, the upper target of the 2015 Paris agreement, is this: methane emissions are rising very fast. Methane is a greenhouse gas that, molecule for ...

Newswise — May 19, 2025—Warming in the Arctic is intensifying methane emissions, contributing to a vicious feedback loop that could accelerate climate change even more, according to a new study ...

The EPA reports that the transportation sector is responsible for releasing more greenhouse gases into the environment than any other source. So, because CO2 is by far the most common of those ...

A new study, led by IIASA researchers and coauthored by UNEP colleagues, finds that if governments fully implement their ...

As global emissions continue to climb, there is a growing call for rapidly reducing methane. They are coauthors of a report released this week, “Methane: The Emergency Brake for Climate Heating,” from ...

Cambridge, England — Scientists have long said cutting methane emissions is key to addressing climate change, but many big industries aren't readily able to curb their production of the harmful ...

Researchers have conducted the largest-ever controlled test of space-based methane monitoring, finding that dedicated methane ...

In the fight against climate change, the focus is usually on carbon dioxide, or CO 2 — and for good reason. It’s a greenhouse gas that remains in the atmosphere for years, trapping in heat for ...

Despite the efforts of more than half of all countries worldwide to curb a key climate super-pollutant, a report released this week by the United Nations Environment Programme at the U.N. climate ...

Warming in the Arctic is intensifying methane emissions, contributing to a vicious feedback loop that could accelerate climate change even more, according to a new study published in Nature. Methane ...