Bhubaneswar, Oct. 6 -- Eminent environmentalist Maneka Gandhi today spoke at the Earth Again Conference-2025, organised by the Sambad Group in Bhubaneswar, and sounded an urgent warning against methane, describing it as the major contributor to climate change.

Gandhi said that the world's obsession with carbon dioxide has overshadowed methane, a far more destructive greenhouse gas that is rapidly heating the planet.

"We talk endlessly about carbon dioxide, cars, factories, and chimneys. But the truth is worse. The most dangerous gas heating the planet is methane, and it comes from our plates," Gandhi said while addressing the conference.

She said methane is 24 to 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide in trapping heat. While carbon d...