Abstract
Methane emission reductions are crucial for addressing climate change. It offers short-term benefits as it holds high short-term reductions in radiative forcing. Efforts towards the reduction of methane emissions are already underway. In this study, we compared and analyzed the mitigation benefits of cutting large amounts of methane emissions from the oil and gas sector on short-time scales with reducing an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide using carbon capture and storage (CCS). Characteristics of CCS are that it would require substantial infrastructure development and that it incorporates deployment delays. Results illustrate that prioritizing quickly deployable methane emission reduction alternatives that necessitate minimal construction is an efficient approach to achieve near-term climate change relief. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2789-2793 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2023 |
Funding
This paper is based upon work supported primarily by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative agreement no. EEC-1647722. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Keywords
- Climate change
- Emission reductions
- Greenhouse gases
- Methane
- Short-lived climate pollutants
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Chemistry
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- Economics and Econometrics
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
