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18th session of the Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition

18th session of the Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition

Sustainable Energy
20 March (10:00) - 21 March (18:00) 2023
Tempus, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
CMM 18
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At its 18th session, the Group of Experts continued its work to promote the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from coal mines through activities that help the recovery and use of methane in order to reduce the risks of explosions in coal mines, mitigate climate change, and support sustainable development. The Group of Experts also discussed the best strategies for preparing and delivering green transformation of the coal mining regions in accordance with the principles of just transition.

The session started with the report by the secretariat on the recent activities of the Committee on Sustainable Energy, giving special focus to the Committee’s work on building resilient energy systems in the ECE region.

The Group of Experts then provided a status of implementation of its 2022-2023 Work Plan, presenting the delivered events, as well as the completed and ongoing studies. It also reviewed the annual reports received from the International Centres of Excellence on CMM (ICE-CMM) in Poland and China and discuss its own Work Plan for 2024-2025. In that context, the Group of Experts addressed the modalities of its future operations and discuss the new arrangement of the Group into three taskforces: on methane emissions, just transitions, and safe operation and closure of coal mines, addressing the issues related to their respective focus, tasks, and membership.

Turning attention to just transition, the Group of Experts evaluated the relevant work that has been done so far by the Group of Experts, as well as by other actors operating in that field, and discussed future activities that it should undertake to best serve ECE member States that are undergoing the process of transformation of their energy sectors. In addition, the Group considered best strategies for engagement with the youth, which is necessary to attract the young generation of professionals to actively engage in shaping the future of the coal mining regions and their local industries.

The Group of Experts then listened to presentations on relevant activities of its key partners operating in the field of monitoring and abatement of methane emissions from the coal sector, and planed its 2024 session, exploring opportunities for delivering it within the framework of the Global Methane Forum that it will help to organize in Geneva.

The session also featured the first part of the thirteenth joint meeting of the Group of Experts and the Global Methane Initiative (GMI) Coal Subcommittee, which continued on Wednesday, 22 March in room XXV and virtually. 


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“… the expertise is sitting in this room … All of the people who are working on this issue from all aspects of the problem they convene here …”

Ms. Felicia Ruiz, Director, International Methane Partnerships and Outreach, Clean Air Task Force (CATF)
 

To read more opinions of the experts and access audio files with their interviews please click here

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Logistics

40520 _ How to obtain a badge _ 376598 _ English _ 773 _ 376243 _ pdf
40520 _ Directions to Tempus Building _ 376599 _ English _ 773 _ 376241 _ pdf
40520 _ Directions to Room XXV _ 376600 _ English _ 773 _ 376242 _ pdf

Documents

36470 _ ECE_ENERGY_GE.4_2023_1 - Annotated Provisional Agenda for the eighteenth session _ 374049 _ English _ 773 _ 371867 _ pdf
36470 _ Timetable _ 374050 _ English _ 773 _ 376373 _ pdf
36470 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2022/2 - Report of the Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition from its 17th session _ 373534 _ English _ 773 _ 369158 _ pdf
36470 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2022/2 - Report of the Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition from its 17th session _ 373534 _ French _ 780 _ 369159 _ pdf
36470 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2022/2 - Report of the Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition from its 17th session _ 373534 _ Russian _ 864 _ 369160 _ pdf
36470 _ ECE/ENERGY/143 - Report of the Committee on Sustainable Energy on its thirty first session _ 373537 _ English _ 773 _ 369163 _ pdf
36470 _ CSE-31/2022/INF.2 - Building Resilient Energy Systems: Technical Considerations and Actions for Achieving Greater Energy Security, Affordability and Net-zero in the ECE Region _ 373538 _ English _ 773 _ 369164 _ pdf
36470 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2021/3 - Work plan for the Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition for 2022-2023 _ 373535 _ English _ 773 _ 369161 _ pdf
36470 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2023/3 - Draft Work plan for the Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition for 2024-2025 _ 374938 _ English _ 773 _ 374461 _ pdf
36470 _ CMMJT-18/2023/INF.1 - DRAFT Conclusions and Recommendations _ 376053 _ English _ 773 _ 376236 _ pdf
36470 _ CMMJT-18/2023/INF.2 - The use of high-resolution satellite imagery to identify methane emissions from underground mines: A CMM case study of a mine within the Karaganda Coal Basin _ 376620 _ English _ 773 _ 376279 _ pdf
36470 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2023/4 - Assessment of coal demand in Tajikistan to 2050 and the alternative options for replacing coal in the country’s energy mix _ 376374 _ English _ 773 _ 375767 _ pdf
36470 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2023/5 - Coal mine closure in Albania and Serbia _ 376375 _ English _ 773 _ 375768 _ pdf
36470 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2023/6 - Energy sector in Ukraine: challenges, current situation, perspectives for the future - Identifying opportunities for the involvement of the Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition _ 376513 _ English _ 773 _ 376074 _ pdf
36470 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2023/7 - Just Transition - the check list _ 376514 _ English _ 773 _ 376075 _ pdf
36470 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2023/2 - Report from the 18th Session _ 376825 _ English _ 773 _ 377843 _ pdf
36470 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2023/2 - Report from the 18th Session _ 376825 _ French _ 780 _ 383587 _ pdf
36470 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2023/2 - Report from the 18th Session _ 376825 _ Russian _ 864 _ 383588 _ pdf

Presentations

36471 _ Activities and priorities of the Committee on Sustainable Energy and matters for consideration by the Group of Experts, by Ms. Iva Brkic, UNECE _ 376812 _ English _ 773 _ 376593 _ pdf
36471 _ Update on Implementation of the Work Plan for 2022-2023, by Mr. Michal Drabik, Group of Experts on CMM & JT, UNECE Secretariat _ 376814 _ English _ 773 _ 376595 _ pdf
36471 _ Annual Activity Report, by Mr. Piotr Kasza, ICE-CMM Poland _ 376815 _ English _ 773 _ 376598 _ pdf
36471 _ JSW and GIG’s report on the use of methane from the coal mines in Poland, by Mr. Jacek Skiba, ICE-CMM Poland _ 376817 _ English _ 773 _ 376602 _ pdf
36471 _ Projects implemented by JSW SA in cooperation with ICE - CMM Poland, by Mr. Artur Badylak, ICE-CMM Poland _ 376818 _ English _ 773 _ 376609 _ pdf
36471 _ Work Review of 2022 and Work Plan for 2023 of ICE China, by Mr. David Creedy, Group of Experts on CMM & JT _ 376819 _ English _ 773 _ 376615 _ pdf
36471 _ Work Review of 2022 and Work Plan for 2023 of ICE China, by Mr. David Creedy, Group of Experts on CMM & JT _ 376819 _ Chinese _ 761 _ 376616 _ pdf
36471 _ Long Directional Borehole Drainage Introduction and Technical Exchange, by Mr. Li Hengzhong, Gowin Construction of Coalbed Gas _ 376820 _ English _ 773 _ 376617 _ pdf
36471 _ Long Directional Borehole Drainage Introduction and Technical Exchange, by Mr. Li Hengzhong, Gowin Construction of Coalbed Gas _ 376820 _ Chinese _ 761 _ 376619 _ pdf
36471 _ In-depth analysis of the dynamics of demand for coal in the Republic of Tajikistan until 2050, by Mr. Ivan Khomutov, Petromarket RG _ 376833 _ English _ 773 _ 376680 _ pdf
36471 _ Production and transportation of water coal suspension using gravity forces to generate electric energy and disposal of greenhouse gases from the Dushanbe 2 HPP, by Mr. Sobirjon Usmanov, Association of Power Engineers of Tajikistan _ 376834 _ English _ 773 _ 376682 _ pdf
36471 _ Serbian coal deposits and coal mines at actual transition to green agenda, by Mr. Radoslav Vukas, Local national consultant at UNECE project _ 376835 _ English _ 773 _ 376683 _ pdf
36471 _ Coal Mining Industry in Albania, by Mr. Genci Tomini, AKBN _ 376836 _ English _ 773 _ 376684 _ pdf
36471 _ Coal mine closure in Albania and Serbia, by Ms. Alicja Krzemień, GIG Research Institute _ 376838 _ English _ 773 _ 376686 _ pdf
36471 _ Assessment of the pre-war and current state of the Ukrainian energy sector, possible ways of its development in the future, by Mr. Andriy Shulga, FRICS expert on energy transition and green transformation _ 376839 _ English _ 773 _ 376817 _ pdf
36471 _ Just Transition –Check List, by Mr. Michal Drabik, Group of Experts on CMM & JT, UNECE Secretariat _ 376840 _ English _ 773 _ 376688 _ pdf
36471 _ CMM MRV case study - Kazakhstan, by Mr. Angel Esparza, GHGSat _ 377301 _ English _ 773 _ 377711 _ pdf
36471 _ A new generation of satellites aids in the detection of methane emissions from coal mines, by Mr. Antoine Halff, Kayrros _ 376842 _ English _ 773 _ 376690 _ pdf
36471 _ Work Plan for 2024-2025, by Mr. Michal Drabik, Group of Experts on CMM & JT, UNECE Secretariat _ 376844 _ English _ 773 _ 376692 _ pdf
36471 _ Task Force on Just Transition, by Ms. Bobbie Foot, BHP _ 376872 _ English _ 773 _ 376771 _ pdf
36471 _ Safe Operations and Closure of Coal Mines Task Force, by Ms. Alicja Krzemien, GIG Research Institute _ 376877 _ English _ 773 _ 376775 _ pdf
36471 _ Youth and Environment Europe (YEE), by Mr. Paul Segalard _ 376881 _ English _ 773 _ 376779 _ pdf
36471 _ Coal Mine Methane (CMM), by Ms. Eleanor Whittle, Ember _ 376888 _ English _ 773 _ 376786 _ pdf
36471 _ Global Methane Tracker 2023, by Mr. Tomas Bredariol, IEA _ 376890 _ English _ 773 _ 376788 _ pdf
36471 _ Metcoal Methane Partnership, by Mr. Roland Kupers, IMEO _ 376891 _ English _ 773 _ 376790 _ pdf
36471 _ The Zone of great potential, by Mr. Mateusz Rzeszowski, Katowice Special Economic Zone (KSSE) _ 376892 _ English _ 773 _ 376791 _ pdf
36471 _ Silesianregion renewable energy production with energy storage, by Mr. Bartosz Polnik, KOMAG _ 376893 _ English _ 773 _ 376792 _ pdf
36471 _ Just Transition of the coal mining sector, by Ms. Stefanie Held, Energy Hub, UNDP _ 377300 _ English _ 773 _ 377706 _ pdf
36471 _ UNECE Carbon Neutrality Toolkit, by Ms. Iva Brkic, UNECE _ 376894 _ English _ 773 _ 376793 _ pdf
36471 _ Strategy to achieve Carbon Neutrality of the Republic of Kazakhstan by 2060. Focus on Karaganda region, by Ms. Maya Valcheva, UNITAR _ 376895 _ English _ 773 _ 376794 _ pdf
36471 _ Supporting the implementation of Kazakhstan’s 2060 Carbon Neutrality Strategy, by Ms. Dana Yermolyonok, GIZ _ 376896 _ English _ 773 _ 376798 _ pdf
36471 _ Opportunities and challenges for scaling mine gas emission reductions in Karaganda region, by Mr. Evgeniy Alexeyev, Methane Center PA _ 377392 _ English _ 773 _ 378040 _ pdf
36471 _ GMI Coal Mines Subcommittee, by Ms. Volha Roshchanka, EPA, Ms. Denise Mulholland, GMI Secretariat, Mr. Clark Talkington, Advanced Resources International _ 376897 _ English _ 773 _ 376799 _ pdf
36471 _ Closing remarks, by Mr. Dario Liguti, Director, SED, UNECE _ 377302 _ English _ 773 _ 377712 _ pdf
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