Methane

More potent than CO2?

Other Greenhouse Gases

N2O, Black carbon (soot), etc.

Deforestation

How bad is it?

Tipping Points

Do we still have time?

Desertification

The loss of fertile land

Drying Rivers, Lakes and Reservoirs

Drying lakes, rivers & reservoirs


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Methane

Averaged over 20 years, methane traps around 72 times more heat than CO2. Over a 5-year period, methane is seen to be even more potent, trapping around 100 times more heat than CO2. At the same time, methane leaves the atmosphere within a decade, while CO2 will stay around warming the planet for hundreds, possibly thousands of years.

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Did You Know?

Methane has a heating potential 100 times greater than CO2 over its first 5 years in the atmosphere.

70% of Amazon deforestation is due to livestock production

Nine of the world's 17 major fishing grounds are in serious decline.

Seventy percent of the world's marine fish stocks are fully exploited, over-exploited, depleted or slowly recovering.

1 child dies of hunger every 5 seconds

91% of Amazon deforestation since 1970's is due to livestock production

CO2 can remain in the atmosphere for 100's or 1000's of years

Methane has a half-life of just over 8 years. This means it dissipates from the atmosphere very quickly

Global methane releases in 2008 create 84% as much warming over the next 20 years as the CO2 released that year - Kirk Smith, Nobel Laureate 2007

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