Limiting leaks in the production and transport of fossil fuels would constitute one of the ‘cheapest’ options for mitigating rising temperatures. The main component of natural gas, methane has a warming power 28 times greater than CO2 over 100 years.
Satellites allow us to know more about its origins: if 40% of it comes from natural sources such as wetlands such as peat bogs, the majority of emissions are linked to human activity. Agriculture, with bovine digestive fermentation or rice cultivation, constitutes the first anthropogenic source of emissions.