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Inside the IPCC 61st Plenary Meeting: Debates and Decisions Shaping Climate Policy

Union of Concerned Scientists

Outline of a Methodology Report on Short-Lived Climate Forcers Since 2006, the IPCC has provided methodologies that governments around the world use to estimate their greenhouse gas emissions. The days were long, and results were mixed, but at the end of the week, key decisions were made to move the IPCC process forward.

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Do We Dare Continue to Flare?

Vermont Law

Greenhouse gases—such as carbon dioxide and methane—have a heat-trapping impact on climate. (12) 15) Although Methane’s presence in the atmosphere is less than Carbon dioxide, during a 100-year timeframe, according to the EPA, Methane holds twenty-five times the heat in the atmosphere than Carbon dioxide. (16)