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Why methane matters

Catalyst with Shayle Kann

CHAPTER

What Is the Warming Potential of Methane?

In climate world, mostly what we do right now is we talk about CO2 equivalent. Tons of CO2 and tons of methane are not equivalent from a global warming potential perspective. The most common thing is to use what's called GWP 100, which means warming potential over 100 year span. But this is where things get complicated with methane, which is shorter lived and much more powerful.

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