A group of international scientists is warning that the use of the GWP* metric is being misused to weaken climate targets. They argue that focusing on temperature neutrality rather than total warming allows high emitting countries to maintain current methane levels while claiming climate neutrality. This debate centers on how short lived gases like methane are accounted for compared to long lived gases like carbon dioxide. Critics suggest that current policy shifts may reward historical emitters and undermine the Global Methane Pledge to reduce emissions by 30 percent by 2030.
