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Limiting warming by CO2 and methane mitigation in an expanded scenario space


Systematically mapping peak warming across two main choices for climate policy – when carbon dioxide reaches net zero emissions and how fast methane emissions are cut – shows that near-term methane mitigation is essential for keeping warming below 2 °C, as suggested by climate model experiments under mitigation scenarios.

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