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Is cutting methane the quick way to cool the planet?

Is cutting methane the quick way to cool the planet?

The Climate Question vor 7 Monaten

How do we tackle a planet-warming gas that's much more powerful than carbon dioxide?

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Methane is much more powerful than carbon dioxide and emissions
are still rising. So what can we do to tackle the human-made
sources of this greenhouse gas? And could this buy us time to get
to grips with climate change?

It's a topic which many Climate Question listeners have been
contacting us about. So in this episode Hosts Graihagh Jackson
and Jordan Dunbar put some of your questions and comments to Mark
Maslin, Professor of Earth System Sciences at University College
London.

What makes methane so powerful? Is meat production to blame? And
what about leaks and gas-flaring in the fossil fuel industry?

Got a question or comment, email us at theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Production team: Simon Watts, Diane Richardson, Grace Braddock
Sound Engineers: Tom Brignell and James Piper Production
Coordinator: Brenda Brown Editor: Simon Watts