Mitigación del Metano Una Estrategia Global de Salud — Informe General

This report by the Global Climate and Health Alliance explains how methane emissions accelerate global warming and degrade air quality, leading to significant human health risks. It identifies agriculture, energy, and waste as the primary anthropogenic sources and argues that rapid methane reduction can provide immediate health benefits, including the prevention of hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of emergency room visits.

• Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to 45% of the increase in global temperature since the industrial revolution. While it remains in the atmosphere for only 12 years, one ton of methane can trap 25 times more heat than one ton of carbon dioxide over a century. The IPCC states that limiting global warming to 1.5 ºC requires a significant reduction in methane emissions.
• Anthropogenic methane emissions are primarily driven by three sectors: agriculture (over 40%), energy (35%), and waste (20%). In agriculture, emissions stem from enteric fermentation in livestock, manure decomposition, rice cultivation, and land clearing. Energy emissions result from leaks, venting, and flaring in oil and gas, as well as coal mining. Waste emissions are caused by the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter in landfills and wastewater systems.

APA

Nguyen, L., Quintana, A., Rowland, A., & Vegh-Gaynor, G. (2023). Mitigación del Metano Una Estrategia Global de Salud — Informe General. Global Climate and Health Alliance. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MethaneReport-Overview-ES.pdf

Chicago

Nguyen, Linh, Amanda Quintana, Amy Rowland, and Gabriel Vegh-Gaynor. Mitigación del Metano Una Estrategia Global de Salud — Informe General. Global Climate and Health Alliance, 2023. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MethaneReport-Overview-ES.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{nguyen2023mitigacin, author = {Nguyen, Linh and Quintana, Amanda and Rowland, Amy and Vegh-Gaynor, Gabriel}, title = {{Mitigación del Metano Una Estrategia Global de Salud — Informe General}}, institution = {Global Climate and Health Alliance}, year = {2023}, month = aug, url = {https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/MethaneReport-Overview-ES.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }