Climate change has been gathering momentum in recent years, especially in the last ten, which were all the hottest on record.  Annual global temperature rise is accelerating.  Methane, a “climate super pollutant,” is a big factor in this rise.  It has already contributed somewhere between 30% and  45%, of recent warming, or roughly 0.5°C. 

That’s the bad news. The good news is that methane emissions’ outsized negative impacts can also yield outsized positive impacts when they are cut, reducing near-term warming by as much as 0.5°C. Cutting methane is the best option we have for mitigating extreme temperatures in the next few decades, before we cross looming climate tipping points.  It’s urgent that we cut methane now.