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- The Role of Methane in Future Climate Strategies: Mitigation Potentials and Climate Impacts
Abstract
This study examines model-specific assumptions and projections of methane (CH4) emissions in deep mitigation scenarios generated by integrated assessment models (IAMs). For this, scenarios of nine models are compared in terms of sectoral and regional CH4 emission reduction strategies, as well as resulting climate impacts. The models’ projected reduction potentials are compared to sector and technology-specific reduction potentials found in literature.
Meet the authors

Maria Cecilia P. Moura

Tatsuya Hanaoka

Benjamin Leon Bodirsky

David E. H. J. Gernaat

Gunnar Luderer

Steven J. Smith

Shinichiro Fujimori

Kimon Keramidas

Fuminori Sano

Laurent Drouet

Detlef P. van Vuuren

Jérôme Hilaire

Oliver Fricko

Mathijs Harmsen

Jean Chateau

Energy Macro & Microeconomics
Durand-Lasserve, Olivier
Principal Fellow- Energy Macro & Microeconomics