Study: Tackling 'black carbon' and methane unlikely to deliver promised climate gains

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US research warns that efforts to tackle short-lived climate pollutants will not deliver as significant temperature reductions as first thought

Efforts to tackle rising global temperature by reducing so-called 'black carbon' and methane emissions are this week facing fresh scrutiny, after a new study suggested the strategy was unlikely to deliver...

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