Livestock contributes approximately one-third of global anthropogenic methane (CH4) emissions. Quantifying the spatial and temporal variations of these emissions is crucial for climate change mitigation. This study uses the Tier 2 method from the IPCC guidelines to estimate methane emissions from global livestock, finding a fourfold increase over the past 130 years. The growth in global methane emissions mostly occurred after 1950 and was mainly attributed to the cattle sector.
Read more: Zhang, L., Tian, H., Shi, H., Pan, S., Chang, J., Dangal, S.R.S., Qin, X., Wang, S., Tubiello, F.N., Canadell, J.G., & Jackson, R.B. (2022). A 130-year global inventory of methane emissions from livestock: Trends, patterns, and drivers. Global Change Biology, 28(17), 5142-5158. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16280