Have we lost control of METHANE gas?

Methane is 87 times more potent as a greenhouse than carbon dioxide over the 12 years or so that it typically hangs around in our atmosphere. The new 2024 Methane Budget from the Global Carbon Tracker tells us that it has been accelerating in recent years reaching record levels between 2017 and 2024. So, what's going on, and what can we do about it?

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Research papers referenced in the video :

Methane Tracker

Methane Budget 2024
https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/methanebudget/

IEA Methane Tracker 2021
https://www.iea.org/reports/methane-tracker-2021/methane-and-climate-change

Al Gore summarises the opportunity during a speech at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan
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