Is methane or CO2 having a bigger impact on climate change? – Whiteboard Friday

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The Government is currently consulting on a climate change target for 2030. This Whiteboard Friday argues that as a nation we should be putting our focus on reducing carbon dioxide rather than methane. Sorry to all the vegans out there but there are several reasons why methane may not be as important a priority as reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

You can find out more about the different comparisons between methane and carbon dioxide here, and the reasons why we need to tackle carbon dioxide first here.

And for the ten year old kids out there, there is a whole website dedicated to burp and fart noises.

Is methane or CO2 having a bigger impact on climate change? – Whiteboard Friday was last modified: September 5th, 2016 by Gareth Morgan
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Gareth Morgan is a New Zealand economist and commentator on public policy who in previous lives has been in business as an economic consultant, funds manager, and professional company director. He is also a motorcycle adventurer and philanthropist. Gareth and his wife Joanne have a charitable foundation, the Morgan Foundation, which has three main stands of philanthropic endeavour – public interest research, conservation and social investment.