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Oxford University physicist: Why climate metrics are getting it wrong on methane emissions

“Einstein told us, make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler” – Dr Myles Allen from Oxford University explains the maths behind why he believes methane and carbon dioxide need to be accounted for independently and why climate policy needs to be refocused on ‘warming outcomes’ rather than ’emissions inputs’.

 

THE globally-used metric for assessing the warming impact of different greenhouse gases is getting it wrong, an Oxford university physicist and IPCC contributing scientist has warned.

“The…

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