As UN tackles twin climate threats, California struggles with them, too [calmatters.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 11/9/218:30 PM

By Rachel Becker and Julie Cart, Cal Matters, November 5, 2021

Nations around the globe this week have pledged to tackle two thorny and critical threats to Earth’s climate: methane, which is the most potent planet-warming pollutant, and widespread destruction of forests.

Both of these are major contributors to climate change that California has tried — yet struggled — to address.

More than 100 countries inched toward progress on tackling climate change by signing an international pledge, launched Tuesday at the United Nations’ climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, to slash methane pollution by nearly a third over the next ten years.

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