Restoring the Atmosphere by Reducing Methane Emissions: Hope, Health and Humanity

December 12, 2025

The 41st installment of "af Magazine ~Asahi Glass Foundation's Global Environment Magazine~" has been released.

What does Prof. Robert B. Jackson (Stanford University), a laureate of the 2025 Blue Planet Prize, see as the "best tool" to tackle climate change?

Methane--whose warming potential is about 90 times that of CO₂--could transform our planet's future.
Cutting its emissions can improve atmospheric conditions within a decade.

Highlights of the article
・ Why reducing methane is the most effective strategy for slowing global warming
・ The hidden role of forests and soils in the global carbon cycle
・ The reality of global methane leakage--and what we can do about it

Click for full article: https://www.af-info.or.jp/en/af_magazine/041.html

The interview with Dr. Jeremy Leggett, who is the other laureate of the 2025 Blue Planet Prize, has also been published.
https://www.af-info.or.jp/en/af_magazine/042.html

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