Measure climate impact over a decade, not a century

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Slashing methane emissions is the closest thing the world has to a silver bullet for rapid climate action, writes former Greenpeace CEO Paul Gilding

The IPCC could not be clearer: action on climate change is a 'now or never' task. We have less than 10 years to get the job done. Within this timeframe, the science tells us it is methane reduction...

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