Have we lost control of METHANE gas?

Methane is 87 times more potent as a greenhouse than carbon dioxide over the 12 years or so that it typically hangs around in our atmosphere. The new 2024 Methane Budget from the Global Carbon Tracker tells us that it has been accelerating in recent years reaching record levels between 2017 and 2024. So, what's going on, and what can we do about it? Help support this channels independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Video Transcripts available at our website http://www.justhaveathink.com Research papers referenced in the video : Methane Tracker Methane Budget 2024 https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/methanebudget/ IEA Methane Tracker 2021 https://www.iea.org/reports/methane-tracker-2021/methane-and-climate-change Al Gore summarises the opportunity during a speech at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0WBeg1NJ7A Sketch Planations Graphics https://sketchplanations.com/the-keeling-curve Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators zentouro: https://www.youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: https://www.youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience Levi Hildebrand: https://www.youtube.com/user/The100LH Simon Clark: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys Sarah Karvner: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw ClimateTown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Jack Harries: https://www.youtube.com/user/JacksGap Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ