{"id":670598,"date":"2022-05-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenqueen.com.hk\/?p=61859"},"modified":"2022-05-25T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T08:00:00","slug":"cutting-co2-not-enough-reducing-other-ghgs-critical-in-climate-fight-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/05\/25\/cutting-co2-not-enough-reducing-other-ghgs-critical-in-climate-fight-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutting CO2 Not Enough\u2014Reducing Other GHGs Critical In Climate Fight, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Humans need to reduce more greenhouse gases than just carbon dioxide to prevent catastrophic global warming, finds a new study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the heels of the most recent IPCC climate report installment, which identified the urgent need to reduce emissions by 2025, new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,<\/em> finds reducing CO2<\/sub> emissions isn’t enough to prevent the effects of climate change. It says we need to look at more climate pollutants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While carbon dioxide is most prevalent and most frequently targeted, the study<\/a> identifies greenhouse gases including methane, nitrous oxide, black carbon soot, low-level ozone, and hydrofluorocarbons\u2014all of which they say contribute almost as much to global warming as longer-lived CO2<\/sub>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cDecarbonization is crucial to meeting our long-term climate goals, but it\u2019s not enough,\u201d said study co-author Drew Shindell, Nicholas Distinguished Professor of Earth Science at Duke University. \u201cTo slow warming in the near-term and reduce suffering from the ever-increasing heatwaves, droughts, superstorms and fires, we need to also reduce short-lived climate pollutants this decade.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The IPCC’s recent report called for drastic decreases in methane\u201430 percent by 2025. Methane is a byproduct of animal agriculture and fossil fuel extraction, among other causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the new research, slashing CO2<\/sub> emissions is crucial in keeping temperatures from rising more than the Paris Agreement target of 1.5\u00b0C over pre-industrial levels, but it is not enough. When coupled with drops in the other GHGs, which have a shorter atmospheric life, the researchers say there’s a greater chance of thwarting adverse climate-related issues. “[C]utting them will slow warming faster than any other mitigation strategy,” Shindell says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The researchers say a focus on other gases will also help to avoid a short-term warming “backlash”\u2014which would see temperatures rise past the 1.5\u00b0C threshold, at least temporarily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, the World Meteorological Organization<\/a> forecasted a 50-50 likelihood that human-caused climate change would push temperatures past the threshold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re going to see continued warming in line with what is expected with climate change,\u201d said UK Met Office senior scientist Leon Hermanson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But reversing temperatures and preventing catastrophic events is still possible. And there’s hope in even the unlikeliest of places. New research published last week found that even your cat could help fight climate change. A component in cat litter <\/a>could absorb methane from mining and livestock operations before it seeps into the atmosphere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lead Photo by Amelia Bates on Unsplash<\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/span> 3<\/span> Mins Read<\/span><\/span> Humans need to reduce more greenhouse gases than just carbon dioxide to prevent catastrophic global warming, finds a new study. On the heels of the most recent IPCC climate report installment, which identified the urgent need to reduce emissions by 2025, new research published in the\u00a0Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds reducing CO2 [\u2026]<\/p>\n

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