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However, there are important differences between carbon dioxide (CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>), which is a stock pollutant, and methane (CH<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>), which is predominantly a flow pollutant. These dynamics mean that conventional reporting of aggregated CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>-equivalent emission rates is highly ambiguous and does not straightforwardly reflect historical or anticipated contributions to global temperature change. As a result, the roles and responsibilities of different sectors emitting different gases are similarly obscured by the common means of communicating emission reduction scenarios using CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>-equivalence. We argue for a shift in how we report agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and think about their mitigation to better reflect the distinct roles of different greenhouse gases. Policy-makers, stakeholders, and society at large should also be reminded that the role of agriculture in climate mitigation is a much broader topic than climate science alone can inform, including considerations of economic and technical feasibility, preferences for food supply and land-use, and notions of fairness and justice. 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