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Notes on the climate: Cows do not only moo

Jana Lippelt, Janina Ketterer
ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, München, 2010

ifo Schnelldienst, 2010, 63, Nr. 11, 43-45

The current climate change discussion is strongly focussed on CO2 emissions, their origin and how to avoid them. This article examines methane, another greenhouse gas. The most important anthropogenic source of methane is agriculture, which accounts for 42%.

JEL Classification: O130,Q200,Q540

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ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, München, 2010