: India is neglecting its methane problem despite being the third-largest emitter of the potent gas #IndiaNEWS Last month at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, more than 100 countries

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India is neglecting its methane problem despite being the third-largest emitter of the potent gas #IndiaNEWS
Last month at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, more than 100 countries pledged to reduce global methane emissions by 30% by the end of the decade, compared to 2020 levels. If implemented in full, scientists said, the pledge could stave off 0.2 degrees Celsius of warming by 2050. India, currently the world’s third-largest methane emitter, was a notable absence from the list of signatories, along with China and Russia, the first and second biggest emitters.But while the urgency of reducing global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas is ever-increasing, Indian scientists caution that drastically cutting methane emissions in the country would involve a radical overhaul of its agricultural system, something that India may not be economically and technically ready for.Rise of methaneOver the past 200 years, human activity has doubled the amount of methane in the atmosphere. Methane is the second biggest source of global warming after carbon dioxide and is estimated to be responsible for 23% of all warming caused by greenhouse gases. Unlike carbon dioxide, which can survive in the atmosphere for centuries, methane lingers for only around 12 years, but its heat-trapping potential is about 80 times higher than that of carbon dioxide over a 20-year timespan. Methane can also further break down into carbon dioxide when it...Read more

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