Select committee: Environment and Climate Change Committee
Conclusion 17
1st Report - Methane: keep up the momentum
Published 10 Dec 2024
Paragraph 101
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
The metrics used in measuring greenhouse gases have significant consequences for how their impact is understood, and what mitigation interventions are judged necessary. In line with international standards, the UK uses GWP100 to measure and report its emissions. However, we heard that GWP100 is less well suited to representing the warming impact of shorter-lived greenhouse gases such as methane, and underestimates the cooling effects of reducing methane emissions.
From: Environment and Climate Change Committee, 1st Report - Methane: keep up the momentum, paragraph 101, 10 December 2024
Government response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 12 February 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗