Climate driver · Rationale

Methane

Greenhouse gas emitted by anaerobic processes such as enteric fermentation, flooded rice cultivation, and manure storage, with a high near-term warming effect.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGI

Synonyms

CH4

Broader

Greenhouse gas

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Not an adaptation term.

Mitigation

Mitigation-specific

Provenance

Lexicon consensus

Identifier

CDI_03 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CDI_03
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CDI_03)