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World will miss Paris climate target as laughing gas increases, report states

Failing to curb emissions of laughing gas will make it difficult to satisfy the main goal of the Paris climate arrangement to keep worldwide warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to the very first major global evaluation of the toxin launched on Thursday.

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT

Nitrous oxide is the third most widespread greenhouse gas and the worst ozone-depleting gas.

The Worldwide Laughing Gas Evaluation (N2O) report is comparable to the 2021 Worldwide Methane Evaluation, which revealed that human-caused methane emissions can be decreased by approximately 45% this years and prepared for 150 countries to commit to the Global Methane Promise to suppress those emissions by 30% by 2030.

BY THE NUMBERS

Laughing gas emissions, driven primarily by the agricultural use of synthetic fertilizers and manure, have increased globally by 40% given that 1980, and are on rate to increase 30% over 2020 levels by 2050, the report said.

Taking worldwide action to lower emissions of nitrous oxide ( N2O) could prevent the equivalent of as much as 235 billion metric lots of co2 emissions by 2100, it said.

A U.S. State Department official informed Reuters previously this year that slashing N2O emissions from production of fertilizers or the production of products like nylon is cheap, costing as bit as $10 per metric heap through jobs utilizing the voluntary carbon offset market.

KEY QUOTE

Enthusiastic action to reduce nitrous oxide emissions could move the world closer to fulfilling a vast array of global environment, ozone and other ecological and human health objectives, said the evaluation, published by the Climate and Clean Air Union of over 180 governments, NGOs, and international companies.

CONTEXT

U.S. authorities likewise consulted with Chinese equivalents to discuss complying on slashing N2O emissions. The countries are the greatest emitters of the greenhouse gas.

(source: Reuters)