Study: Tackling global methane pollution could pay for itself six times over

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Academic research paper from makes the economic case for meeting the Global Methane Pledge to collectively slash emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas my almost a third this decade

Achieving global ambitions to slash methane emissions by almost a third this decade could save than $1tr a year in avoided climate damages by 2050, meaning efforts to tackle the powerful greenhouse gas...

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