Reduce methane or face climate catastrophe, scientists warn

Leading climate scientists will on Monday give their starkest warning yet – that we are rushing to the brink of climate catastrophe

Methane, produced from animal farming, shale gas wells, and poorly managed conventional oil and gas extraction, heats the world far more effectively than carbon dioxide. Picture; Larry Cummins

Cutting carbon dioxide is not enough to solve the climate crisis – the world must act swiftly on another powerful greenhouse gas, methane, to halt the rise in global temperatures, experts have warned.

Leading climate scientists will give their starkest warning yet – that we are rushing to the brink of climate catastrophe – in a landmark report on Monday.