Hihglights

The UNECE Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane changes its name to the Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition and expand its mandate to include matters related to the ongoing transition of the coal industry’s ecosystem. 

Best Practice Guidance for Effective Management of Coal Mine Methane at National Level: Monitoring, Reporting, Verification and Mitigation published.

Methane Mondays Interviews launched.

The Director of the UNECE Sustainable Energy Division, Mr. Scott Foster, speaks on methane at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.

ECOSOC decision recognizing Best Practice Guidance for Effective Methane Recovery and Use from Abandoned Coal Mines.

Electronic version of the Best Practice Guidance for Effective Methane Recovery and Use from Abandoned Coal Mines available also in Russian, Spanish and Chinese.

The Chair of the Group of Experts on CMM and JT awarded for his sustained support to UNECE Sustainable Energy Subprogramme activities.

Efforts of key figures of the International Centres of Excellence on Coal Mine Methanete in Poland and in China recognized at the 30th session of the Committee on Sustainable Energy held on 22-24 September 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Two panel discussions on matters particularly interesting to the Group of Experts on CMM, i.e. methane management (high-level panel and technical session) and just transition were held at the 30th Session of the Committee on Sustainable Energy.

ECE Executive Secretary, Ms. Olga Algayerova, delivers a keynote speech titled Opportunity for Global Action on Methane: International Decade of Methane Management at the online event A Call to Action on Methane: an international dialogue hosted by the GMI. Please click a link to the video to watch her address.

A Note prepared by Mr. Raymond Pilcher, Chair, Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane titled Effective actions to reduce methane emissions  (ECE/ENERGY/2020/11) was presented at the 29th session of the Committee on Sustainable Energy (November 2020)

A leaflet providing a brief introduction to UNECE's work on Abandoned Mine Methane has been issued (December 2020)

An updated leaflet briefly describing importance of coal mine methane, as well as the role and activities of the UNECE Group of Experts on CMM has been released.  

A two day-long capacity-building workshop on Best Practices in Coal Mine Methane Capture and Utilization was delivered jointly by the UNECE Group of Experts on CMM and GMI on 24-25 July 2018 in Bogota, Columbia. 

On 9 July 2018 the Secretariat participated in a dinner debate in the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, titled UN Sustainable Development Goal No. 7: Does coal have a role in providing affordable and clean energy? To learn more about the event please visit the organizer's webpage dedicated to the event. 

The International Centre of Excellence on Coal Mine Methane in Poland was nominated for an Emerging Europe Award in a category: Research & Development Initiative of the Year. The award ceremony took place on 22 June 2018 in London, UK. Read more

A one-day-long technical session titled Turning Coal Mine Methane into an Asset: Implementing Best Practices and Policies was delivered jointly by the Group of Experts on CMM and the Global Methane Initiative (GMI) within the framework of the 25th World Mining Congress (WMC), on 20 June 2018 in Astana, Kazakhstan

On 13 June in Gdańsk, Poland, the Secretariat participated in a conference on the Polish national policy on natural resources. Read more 

On 3-6 June the International Centre of Excellence on Coal Mine Methane in China delivered the first of the planned three stages of a pre-feasibility-study of methane drainage and utilization in a Tenghui coal mine. Read more 

The Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane participated in the technical session titled Pre-mining methane capture from coal deposits in the context of environmental protection and diversification of gas sources for Poland delivered within the framework of the Gazterm Conference, held 6-9 May in Międzyzdroje, Poland.