Reducing methane is the fastest way to slow global warming.

A discussion on the European Union’s priorities to effectively address global methane emissions as well as policy tools and mitigation measures to achieve quick reductions in the Commission’s upcoming legislative proposal at the end of 2021. Interview hosted by Dagmar Droogsma, AVP European Strategy & Engagement of Environmental Defense Fund Europe

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A joint interview with Liane M. Randolph, Chair of the California Air Resources Board and Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, on how their agencies are working together to reduce methane emissions in California's agriculture sector.

Speakers: Liane M. Randolph, Chair of the California Air Resources Board and Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Jorge Daniel Taillant, Executive Director, Center for Human Rights and Environment, Climate Justice Policy Advisor, Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (moderator)

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Carroll Muffett, President and CEO, Center for International and Environmental Law, hosted by Dale Marshall, National Climate Program Manager, Environmental Defence Canada

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A discussion on the importance of federal oil and gas methane rules and how they will help the U.S. achieve its climate targets, hosted by Fred Krupp, President, EDF.

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After years on the back burner, methane is having a moment. World governments are committing to the Global Methane Pledge, countries are enacting methane standards, and global scientific bodies are sounding the alarm bell on the need to cut methane emissions rapidly. Hear from leading reporters on the methane beat about their work reporting on methane, and what they've seen at COP26 so far.

Speakers: Valerie Volcovici, Reuters; Joseph Yo, Climate Home

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The Methane Pledge and Environmental Justice: Challenges in Addressing Climate Equity through GHG Reduction Strategies

A roundtable panel and discussion to focus on short term global climate and GHG reduction policies and strategies, the emerging global methane pledge, and what it means for frontline communities suffering the impacts of polluting emissions.

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Interview by Daniel Taillant of Tero Mustonen, Snowchange

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A panel discussion amongst subnational leaders on how they’re addressing methane from the oil & gas and agriculture sectors, how methane fits into their overall GHG reduction strategies, and how subnational governments can play a significant role in supporting the Global Methane Pledge.

Karen Ross, Secretary of Food and Agriculture, California; Jeremy Hewitt, Assistant Deputy Minister for Climate Change, British Columbia; Moderated by Matt Watson, Vice President, Energy Transition, EDF

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Introduction: Nathan Borgdorf-Parnell, Science Affairs Coordinator, Climate & Clean Air Coalition
Speaker: Drew Shindell, Nicholas Distinguished Professor of Earth Science, Duke University

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In conversation with Jytte Guteland, Member of the European Parliament

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In conversation with Scott Foster, Director of Sustainable Energy at United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

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Now that the Global Methane Pledge has been formally launched, please join us for a discussion with leading experts from within the United States' efforts to cut methane on what world governments can do to turn ambition into action.

Speakers: Rick Duke, Senior Director and White House Liaison for the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, USA; Drew Shindell, Special Representative for Methane Action, Climate & Clean Air Coalition and Professor at Duke University; Anthony Agotha, Member of the Cabinet of the First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans

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Current Research on Methane Removal Technologies and Their Benefits

Speakers: Daphne Wysham, CEO, Methane Action; Dr. Lena Hoglund-Isaakson, Senior Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied System Analysis; Professor Rob Jackson, Stanford University, Methane Action Board Member; Dr. Shaun Fitzgerald, Cambridge; John Fitzgerald, Methane Action

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Speakers: Christa Mancias, Carrizo-Comecrudo Tribe of Texas; John Beard, Sr., Port Arthur Community Action Network (PACAN); Moderator: Ethan Buckner, Earthworks

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The Federal Ministry of Environment will share how methane has been incorporated into their Nationally Determined Contributions and plans to implement these reductions on the ground.

Speakers: Asmau Jibril, Chief Scientific Officer, Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigeria; interviewed by Jonathan Banks, International Director, Super Pollutants, CATF

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Civil society groups around the world are becoming louder on methane and demanding fast action from governments.

Join us to learn what brings diverse partners together around this issue in Europe, Latin America, and the United States and what is being done to ensure the Global Methane Pledge sparks action on the ground.

Introduction by Jorge Daniel Taillant, Executive Director, Center for Human Rights and Environment

Speakers: Gustavo Alanis Ortega, Director Ejecutivo, Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, A.C.; Sarah Smith, Program Director, Super Pollutants, Clean Air Task Force; Tim Grabiel, Senior Lawyer, Environmental Investigation Agency; Zerin Osho Bamezai Raina (Moderator), Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development

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Energy, agriculture and waste have been identified as key sectors for global methane reduction while leaders, investors and scientists are teeming with ideas on how to get it done. Can we also use this energy and commitment as an opportunity to also improve the health and economic circumstances among vulnerable populations?

Join EDF for an engaging conversation with US Environmental Justice experts and White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council members on how the Justice 40 program can be the vehicle to reduce Methane and provide an example of implementing environmental justice in frontline communities.

Speakers: Peggy Shepard, Co-Founder & Executive Director of WeACT for Environmental Justice, Vice-Chair EDF Board of Trustees, Co-Chair White House Environmental Justice Council

Dr. Beverly Wright, Executive Director, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Co-Chair of National Black Environmental Justice Network, Member White House Environmental Justice Council

Dr. Bob Bullard – Founder of the Bullard Center for Environmental Justice Network, Co-Chair of National Black Environmental Justice Network, Member White House Environmental Justice Council

Catherine Flowers, Founder, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice; MacArthur Fellow; Author, “Waste—One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret”; Member, White House Environmental Justice Council;

Heather McTeer Toney (moderator), Vice President of Community Engagement, EDF

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The readily available proven methodologies and frameworks to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector will be showcased. Governments can make use of them to bring down emissions their countries.

Speakers: Olga Gassan-Zade, Carbon Limits; Christophe McGlade, IEA; Alfredo Miranda, Clean Air Task Force

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Methane Hunting in Europe: Interviewing James Turittto, Clean Air Task Force's methane hunter in Europe.
In 2021, James has documented methane emissions from oil and gas facilities in 12 European countries, shattering the perception that methane was a problem consigned to big oil & gas producing countries like Russia and the U.S.

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Methane Hunters: Making the Invisible Visible
Featuring Sharon Wilson, Senior Field Advocate, Earthworks

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As countries and companies, including the signatories of the Global Methane Pledge, commit to reducing their methane emissions, verifying and tracking their progress is becoming increasingly important. Using a revolutionary data approach, IMEO will create a public dataset of empirically verified methane emissions that will support this effort and help catalyze deep reductions in methane emissions globally.

Speakers: Andris Piebalgs, Chair of the IMEO Implementation Committee; Dagmar Droogsma, AVP, European Strategy & Engagement, EDF Europe (moderator)

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Interview with Laurent Michel, Director for Climate and Energy, French Ministry for an Ecological Transition

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A panel discussion about the new wave of methane-detecting satellites. Growing demand for reliable methane emissions data on a global scale has given rise to a new wave of methane detecting satellites. While all are designed to improve methane measurement, each one has distinct capabilities and purposes. Panelists will compare different satellite approaches, how they complement one another, and the various applications and insights they can provide for stakeholders including industry, regulators, investors and the public.

Speakers: Steven Hamburg, MethaneSAT; Riley Duren, Carbon Mapper; Stéphane Germain, GHGSat; Antoine Rostand, Kayrros

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Jason Anderson, Program Director, Governance & Diplomacy and Super Pollutants, ClimateWorks Foundation interviewed by Sarah Smith, Program Director, Super Pollutants, Clean Air Task Force

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Reducing methane emissions quickly is among the most effective steps we can take right now to address these challenges and slow global warming. That is why more than 20 philanthropic organizations from across the globe have committed more than $223 million to build on action to reduce methane emissions globally, and to support the Global Methane Pledge, a commitment made by more than 30 nations to reduce their methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030 and limit warming to 0.2℃ by 2050. Panelists will discuss:

The role that global philanthropy is playing in addressing the urgency of methane emission reduction – and the impacts of climate change writ large.
Why philanthropic funding, in coordination with nation- and private-sector led ambition, can drive positive outcomes in regions that contribute the least to climate change, but are the most impacted by its effects.
What swift philanthropic action can do to accelerate the pace and scale of science-based, solutions-driven emissions reduction initiatives.

Speakers:

Kate Hampton
Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation

Per Heggenes
Chief Executive Officer, IKEA Foundation

Larry Kramer
President, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

John Palfrey
President
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation


With a special video presentation by:

Richard H. Lawrence, Jr.
Founder and Director, High Tide Foundation

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Reducing Methane to Bend the Warming Curve to Avoid Climate Feedbacks and Tipping Points. Little time is left to bend the warming curve before self-reinforcing feedbacks take over and we start passing irreversible climate tipping points. This panel will discuss what’s at stake and why methane has emerged as the strongest lever to reduce near-term warming and help save the Arctic and other critical, vulnerable ecosystems..

Speakers: Dr. Tim Lenton, Director of the Global Systems Institute & Chair in Climate Change and Earth System Science, University of Exeter; Pam Pearson, Director International Cryosphere Climate Initiative; Sara Smith, Program Director, Super Pollutants Clean Air Task Force; Durwood Zaelke, President, Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development

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In conversation with Larry Kramer, President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

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A discussion of Commissioner Lara’s work establishing California’s 2030 methane targets, the importance of super pollutant emissions reductions to our climate goals, and how his work with international leaders informs his climate agenda.

Hosted by Katelyn Roedner, Senior Manager, U.S. Region, Environmental Defense Fund.

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A new book presentation and discussion on how pledge countries can employ transparent OKR frameworks to meet methane commitments, hosted by Mark Brownstein, Senior Vice President, Environmental Defense Fund.

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Methane is the second biggest contributor to the climate crisis, responsible for about 0.5°C of human-caused global heating so far. One of the main emitters of the powerful greenhouse gas is the oil and gas sector, where methane can leak across the whole supply chain – during extraction, transport, storage and use. The extent to which such leakages occur is only vaguely known, with companies often reporting emissions only on the basis of calculations as opposed to actual measurements. Where measurements are being done, they often show higher emission rates than previously anticipated.

While there are already a handful of comprehensive studies on methane leakages from the U.S., such data is still lacking in most parts of the world. At the same time, there is an assumption that methane emissions from oil and gas infrastructure within Europe are comparably small, and that leakages are mainly an issue for non-EU countries. In order to examine this assumption, Clean Air Task Force has been undertaking observations of oil and gas infrastructure across Europe since the beginning of 2021, using an infrared camera to detect sources of methane pollution. The results published so far call into question the clean slate of the EU on the matter, showing significant emissions at gas infrastructure sites across several European countries.

Speakers:

Sascha Boden
Energy and Climate Protection Department, Deutsche Umwelthilfe;

James Turitto
Campaign Manager, Super Pollutants, Clean Air Task Force;

Brendan Devlin
Strategy and Foresight Counsellor in the Directorate General for Energy, European Commission;

Nicola Armaroli
Italian National Research Council

Lisa Tostado (moderator)
Heinrich-Böll Foundation

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The International Methane Observatory (IMEO) is a data-driven, action-focused UNEP initiative to enable and catalyse targeted and ambitious actions to reduce human-made emissions of methane, starting with the energy sector.

IMEO takes an innovative approach to address the methane emissions problem and create a global public dataset of empirically verified methane emissions by collecting, integrating, and reconciling data from different sources, including scientific measurement studies, satellites, national inventories and rigorous industry reporting through the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0 (OGMP2.0).

IMEO’s first annual report “An Eye on Methane” presents a pathway to achieve deep reduction of methane emissions from the fossil fuel sector that can contribute to closing the emissions gap and reduce warming in the short term. To do this, we need a strong basis for action grounded on improved emissions data. IMEO will act as an independent and trusted entity to integrate data and track progress against commitments.

The Chair of IMEO’s Scientific Oversight Committee, Dr. Steven Hamburg, details these findings and IMEO’s revolutionary approach to combining data and targeted action to address methane emissions.

Speaker:

Steve Hamburg
Chief Scientist, EDF

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Antha Williams, Global Head of the Environment Program at Bloomberg Philanthropies hosted by Mark Brownstein, Senior Vice President, Environmental Defense Fund

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A discussion on Petronas’ execution of its Net Zero 2050 aspiration, hosted by Mark Brownstein, Senior Vice President, Environmental Defense Fund.

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A discussion about Ecopetrol’s work on methane and how it supports The Government of Colombia’s global commitments, hosted by Mark Brownstein, Senior Vice President, Environmental Defense Fund.

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Methane has arrived on the world’s stage. Now that 30 plus nations have committed to a collective effort to cut methane emissions 30% by 2030, attention turns to what individual countries will do to dig in and do their part. Leading policy experts discuss the accomplishment of the Global Methane Pledge and discuss what’s next for countries as they start to take concrete actions to deliver tangible reductions ahead of COP27.

Speakers:

Mark Brownstein
Senior Vice President, Environmental Defense Fund

Sarah Smith
Program Director, Super Pollutants, Clean Air Task Force

Kalee Kreider
Senior Advisor, Global Optimism (moderator)

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A roadmap for methane pledge countries to rapidly reduce energy sector emissions, hosted by Mark Brownstein, Senior Vice President, Environmental Defense Fund

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Panel discussion featuring Sharon Wilson, Senior Field Advocate, Earthworks

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A discussion with with Colombia's Minister of Mines and Energy, Diego Mesa, about Colombia’s efforts to reduce methane in the oil and gas sector, hosted by Jonathan Banks, International Director, Super Pollutants, Clean Air Task Force.

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