Checkmate is a position in Chess, in which a player's king is in a line of attack by an opponent's piece and cannot escape check.
The new study focused on 14 measures with the greatest climate benefit. All 14 would curb the release of either black carbon or methane, pollutants that exacerbate climate change and damage human or plant health either directly or by leading to ozone formation.
Because some amount of climate change is unavoidable, based on the current level of greenhouse gases already present in the atmosphere, the report urges the federal government to begin examining how it can address some expected side effects of climate change.