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The greenhouse-gas gang

Carbon dioxide is not the only air pollutant to cause warming and, in the race to combat global temperature rise, policymakers are now focusing on the other culprits, as Sonja van Renssen finds out.

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Figure 1: Rapid action on non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases is essential in the short term.

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van Renssen, S. The greenhouse-gas gang. Nature Clim Change 2, 143–144 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1422

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