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Climate Change Accountability: Guide to Investigating Methane
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This guide was written by Toby McIntosh, senior advisor to GIJN’s Resource Center. Editing was by Reed Richardson and Laura Dixon. Illustrations were created by Marcelle Louw.
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Latest Tools to Help Reporters Investigate Methane Emissions
New sources can help investigative journalists hold to account those responsible for emitting methane gas, a major cause of global warming.
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Guide to Investigating Methane — A Key to Fighting Climate Change (Short Version)
Reducing methane emissions is the single fastest way to fight climate change, according to climate scientists. In this guide, identify specific sources of methane and hold companies and countries accountable.
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Climate Change Reporting Guide: Methane – Introduction / TOC
Climate scientists have identified reducing methane emissions as the single fastest way to fight climate change. But emissions are rising rapidly and reaching new highs.
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Climate Change Reporting Guide: Methane — Interrogating the Data
Covering where to find national and international data, why emissions figures are low, and key questions on the data for reporters to bear in mind.
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Climate Change Reporting Guide: Methane — Investigating Leaks and Emissions
Describing potential sources of satellite and infrared camera information, key sources for data and images, and potential collaborators working in this field.
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Climate Change Reporting Guide: Methane — Investigating Corporations — and Broken Promises
Including advice on how to probe emissions reductions pledges by companies, tips for investigating the supply chain, and how to hold the oil and gas industry to account.
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Climate Change Reporting Guide: Methane — Holding Countries Accountable
Detailing how to hold governments to account on methane, other state actors to scrutinize, and key questions to investigate.
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New Sources Emerge for Tracking Methane Emissions by Satellites
This update to our 2022 reporting guide on investigating methane emissions features new sources and global projects to help track the greenhouse gas via satellites.
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Video: How to Investigate Methane Emissions
In this GIJN webinar, we bring together two senior reporters and two experts who will offer tools and techniques to identify specific methane emitters, find the data, and look closely at measurement systems. They will also present tips and resources to research what companies and governments are doing to reduce methane emissions.