A global review of methane policies reveals that only 13% of emissions are covered with unclear effectiveness

M Olczak, A Piebalgs, P Balcombe - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Achieving the Paris Agreement 1.5° C target requires a reversal of the growing
atmospheric concentrations of methane, which is about 80 times more potent than CO 2 on a …

Atmospheric remote sensing for anthropogenic methane emissions: Applications and research opportunities

S Zhang, J Ma, X Zhang, C Guo - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Methane is the second most significant greenhouse gas (GHG) only after carbon dioxide.
Human activities substantially increase the atmospheric methane concentration globally, but …

Quantifying methane emissions from the global scale down to point sources using satellite observations of atmospheric methane

DJ Jacob, DJ Varon, DH Cusworth… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
We review the capability of current and scheduled satellite observations of atmospheric
methane in the shortwave infrared (SWIR) to quantify methane emissions from the global …

Attribution of individual methane and carbon dioxide emission sources using EMIT observations from space

AK Thorpe, RO Green, DR Thompson, PG Brodrick… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Carbon dioxide and methane emissions are the two primary anthropogenic climate-forcing
agents and an important source of uncertainty in the global carbon budget. Uncertainties are …

Satellites detect abatable super-emissions in one of the world's largest methane hotspot regions

I Irakulis-Loitxate, L Guanter… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Reduction of fossil fuel-related methane emissions has been identified as an essential
means for climate change mitigation, but emission source identification remains elusive for …

Think globally, act globally: Opportunities to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in low-and middle-income countries

R Glennerster, S Jayachandran - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2023 - aeaweb.org
Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are a global public good, which makes it efficient
to act globally when addressing this challenge. We lay out several reasons that high-income …

Methane emissions from China: a high-resolution inversion of TROPOMI satellite observations

Z Chen, DJ Jacob, H Nesser… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
We quantify methane emissions in China and the contributions from different sectors by
inverse analysis of 2019 TROPOMI satellite observations of atmospheric methane. The …

Methane emissions from superemitting coal mines in Australia quantified using TROPOMI satellite observations

P Sadavarte, S Pandey, JD Maasakkers… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Two years of satellite observations were used to quantify methane emissions from coal
mines in Queensland, the largest coal-producing state in Australia. The six analyzed surface …

Automated detection and monitoring of methane super-emitters using satellite data

BJ Schuit, JD Maasakkers, P Bijl… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
A reduction in anthropogenic methane emissions is vital to limit near-term global warming. A
small number of so-called super-emitters is responsible for a disproportionally large fraction …

Assessment of solid waste management system in Pakistan and sustainable model from environmental and economic perspective

A Iqbal, Y Abdullah, AS Nizami, IA Sultan, F Sharif - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Solid Waste Management (SWM) sector is given a low-priority by the Pakistani
Government, with the climate change agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) …