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Global Methane Forum 2024

Global Methane Forum 2024

Sustainable Energy

Mobilizing Methane Action

18 March (9:00) - 21 March (18:00) 2024
Geneva Switzerland
GMF24
Information for delegates

The 2024 Global Methane Forum convened global thought and industry leaders in Geneva, Switzerland from 18-21 March 2024 to promote replicable methane mitigation successes and mobilize action to continue making progress toward addressing methane. The Forum was hosted by the Global Methane Initiative (GMI) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in partnership with the Global Methane Hub and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).

Details about the Forum as well as all relevant documents are posted under the respective tabs on the bottom of this page, as well as at https://www.globalmethane.org/2024forum/. 

Participants followed three separate thematic tracks on methane emissions from the coal mines, oil and gas, and bio-gas sectors.

Please see an overview of the week.

The Plenary

On Tuesday, 19 March, all attendees gathered for a cross-cutting plenary session featuring high-level speakers from governments, international organizations, and industry. (Please see the agenda for the session)

UNECE Events

Within the framework of the Forum, the UNECE Sustainable Energy Division held annual sessions of two Expert Groups, namely on:

  • Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition (19th session) (18-19 March), and
  • Gas (11th session) (20-21 March).


Please find the official documentation for these meetings in the relevant tabs below. 

GMI Events

The Forum featured a meeting of GMI Steering Committee, as well as sessions of the three GMI Sub-committees, on:

  • Biogas, 
  • Coal, and
  • Oil and Gas.


Please find the documentation for these meetings in the relevant tabs below. 

Logistics

Apart from the plenary meeting (Tuesday 19 March) and the events related to biogas, which were held in hybrid mode (i.e. in person and online), all the remining sessions were in person only. 
 

Logistics

Week overview and other general documents

Plenary - Documents

Plenary - Presentations: Keynote Session: A Global Call to Mobilize Methane Action

Tuesday 19 March - Morning

 

 

 

53999 _ A Global Call to Mobilize Methane Action, Mr. Tim Gould, Chief Energy Economist, IEA _ 389869 _ English _ 773 _ 410092 _ pdf

Plenary - Presentations : Governments as Vital Drivers to Mobilize Methane Action

Tuesday 19 March - Morning

60076 _ China's action on Methane Emissions Control, Mr. Liu Wenge, Vice President of Information Institute of Ministry of Emergency Management of China _ 389999 _ English _ 773 _ 410422 _ pdf

Tuesday 19 March - Morning

60076 _ Indonesia's Perspective on Methane Mitigation from Waste Sector, Ms. Rosa Vivien Ratnawati, Director General of Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Substances Management, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia _ 390000 _ English _ 773 _ 410423 _ PDF

Plenary - Presentations : The importance of Industry to Mobilizing Methane Action

Tuesday 19 March - Afternoon

60077 _ Methane Emissions Reduction- Main Goal of JSW Environmental Strategy, Mr. Artur Badylak, Director, Methane Drainage Office, Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa SA, Poland _ 390001 _ English _ 773 _ 410428 _ pdf

Tuesday 19 March - Afternoon

60077 _ The importance of Industry to Mobilizing Methane Action, Mr. Chris Adamo, Vice President Public Affairs & Regeneraive Agriculture Policy, Danone _ 390002 _ English _ 773 _ 410429 _ pdf

Plenary- Presentations: The Value of Data as a Driver to Mobilize Methane Action

Tuesday 19 March - Afternoon

60221 _ The Value of Data as a Driver to Mobilize Methane Action, Ms. Antonia Gawel, Global Director, Sustainability & Partnerships, Google _ 390004 _ English _ 773 _ 410431 _ pdf

Tuesday 19 March - Afternoon

60221 _ Use of Data to Manager Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ms. Pamela Franklin, Chief, Non-CO2 Programs Branch, US, EPA _ 390005 _ English _ 773 _ 410432 _ pdf

Plenary - Presentations: Catalyzing Finance to Mobilize Methane Action

Tuesday 19 March - Afternoon

60222 _ Landscape of Methane Abatement Finance, Ms. Baysa Naran, Manager and Global Climate Finance Tracking Lead, Climate Policy Initiative _ 390008 _ English _ 773 _ 410438 _ pdf

Tuesday 19 March - Afternoon

60222 _ Catalyzing Finance to Mobilize Methane Action, Mr. Sergio Campos, Chief of the Water & Sanitation Division, Inter-American Development Bank _ 390009 _ English _ 773 _ 410439 _ pdf

Tuesday 19 March - Afternoon

60222 _ Catalyzing Finance to Mobilize Methane Action, Ms. Andrea Thurner, Carbon Procurement Manager, Foundation for Climate Protection and Carbon Offset, Klik Foundation _ 390010 _ English _ 773 _ 410440 _ pdf

Plenary - Presentations: Succeding Locally to Mobilize Methane Action

Tuesday 19 March - Afternoon

60223 _ Mission, Vision & Work Areas, Ms. Jinsun Roh, Head of Industry, Solutions for Our Climate (SFO) _ 390012 _ English _ 773 _ 410444 _ pdf

UNECE Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition - Documents

48393 _ DRAFT Timetable _ 387662 _ English _ 773 _ 408782 _ pdf
48393 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2024/1 - Annotated provisional agenda for the nineteenth session _ 387214 _ English _ 773 _ 403870 _ pdf
48393 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2024/1 - Annotated provisional agenda for the nineteenth session _ 387214 _ French _ 780 _ 403871 _ pdf
48393 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2024/1 - Annotated provisional agenda for the nineteenth session _ 387214 _ Russian _ 864 _ 403872 _ pdf
48393 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2024/2 - Report of the Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition _ 389991 _ English _ 773 _ 410377 _ pdf
48393 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2024/3 - Best Practice Guidance on Ventilation Air Methane (VAM) Processing _ 387215 _ English _ 773 _ 404472 _ pdf
48393 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2024/3 - Best Practice Guidance on Ventilation Air Methane (VAM) Processing _ 387215 _ French _ 780 _ 404473 _ pdf
48393 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2024/3 - Best Practice Guidance on Ventilation Air Methane (VAM) Processing _ 387215 _ Russian _ 864 _ 404474 _ pdf
48393 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2024/4 - Coal in the twenty-first century; Meeting Sustainable Development Goals and Managing Investor Expectations _ 387216 _ English _ 773 _ 404878 _ pdf
48393 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2024/4 - Coal in the twenty-first century; Meeting Sustainable Development Goals and Managing Investor Expectations _ 387216 _ French _ 780 _ 404879 _ pdf
48393 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2024/4 - Coal in the twenty-first century; Meeting Sustainable Development Goals and Managing Investor Expectations _ 387216 _ Russian _ 864 _ 404880 _ pdf
48393 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2024/5 - Mapping Albania’s readiness for green and just transition in post-coal mining areas _ 389240 _ English _ 773 _ 408568 _ pdf
48393 _ CMMJT-19/2024/INF.1 - DRAFT Conclusions and Recommendations _ 389241 _ English _ 773 _ 408569 _ pdf

UNECE Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition - Presentations

48394 _ 19th session Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane: Housekeeping, Sustainable Energy Division _ 390015 _ English _ 773 _ 410449 _ pdf
48394 _ Activities & Priorities of the Committee on Sustainable Energy and Matters for Consideraiton by the Group of Experts, Dario Liguti, Director, SED UNECE _ 390016 _ English _ 773 _ 410450 _ pdf
48394 _ Annual Activity Report, Piotr Kasza, ICE-CMM Poland _ 390017 _ English _ 773 _ 410452 _ pdf
48394 _ Work Review of 2023 and Work Plan for 2024, Mr. Jin Zhiqing, Chairman of RCE-CMM in Shanxi _ 390018 _ English _ 773 _ 410453 _ pdf
48394 _ Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transiiton, Ms. Bobbie Foot, TF Chair _ 390019 _ English _ 773 _ 410455 _ pdf
48394 _ UNECE Task Force on Methane Emission Reductions, Ms. Volha Roshchanka, US. Environmental Protection Agency _ 390020 _ English _ 773 _ 410457 _ pdf
48394 _ Task Force on Safe Operations and Closure of Coal Mines, Alicja Krzemien, Central Mining Institute- National Research Katowice, Poland _ 391372 _ English _ 773 _ 413918 _ pdf
48394 _ Coal in the twenty-first century: Meeting Sustainable Development Goals and Managing Investor Expectations, Mr. Raymond Pilcher, Raven Ridge Resources, Incorporated _ 390021 _ English _ 773 _ 410458 _ pdf
48394 _ China Country Update: Progress of Methane Utilization & Emission Reduction in China's Coal Industry, Mr. Liu Wenge, Vice-President, Information Institute of Ministry Management of China _ 390068 _ English _ 773 _ 410569 _ pdf
48394 _ India Country Update, Mr. Chiranjib Patra, Central Mine Planning and Design Institute, India _ 390069 _ English _ 773 _ 410570 _ pdf
48394 _ United States of Ameria Update, C. Özgen Karacan, Volha Roshchanka, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency _ 390070 _ English _ 773 _ 410571 _ PDF
48394 _ Poland Country Update, Jacek Skiba, Central Mining Institute, National Research Institute, Katowice, Poland _ 390071 _ English _ 773 _ 410572 _ pdf
48394 _ Improving Quality & Efficiency of the Technology of Phase II CMM Utilisation Plant, Dr. David Creedy, Chairman, Mr. Jia Baoqiang, General Manager, Beijing Sindicatum Clean Energy Technology & Services CompanyLtd. _ 390072 _ English _ 773 _ 410574 _ pdf
48394 _ Updates from Steel Workstream, Ms. Malgorzata Kasprzak, International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) _ 390074 _ English _ 773 _ 410576 _ pdf
48394 _ A Comparison of methane emissions fluxes quantifies using PRISMA hyperspectral satellite data with on-site measurements at a U.S. Coal Mine, C.Özgen Karacan, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA _ 390075 _ English _ 773 _ 410577 _ pdf
48394 _ Methane to Go Poland recap: TDLAS service usage to measure methane concentration in ventilation shafts, Ms. Justyna Swolkien, AGH University of Krakow _ 390076 _ English _ 773 _ 410578 _ pdf
48394 _ An attempt to develop a Bottom-up Methodology for Estimating Methane Emissions from Surfaces Coal Mines in India, Mr. Chiranjib Patra, Global Methane Initiative _ 390077 _ English _ 773 _ 410579 _ pdf
48394 _ Status and opportunities for measurement, reporting, verification of fugitive emissions from coal mining activity in India, Prof. Debadutta Mohanty, Senior Principal Scientist and HoS, CSIR- Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad, India _ 390082 _ English _ 773 _ 410584 _ pdf
48394 _ Video Presentation: UNECE Albania Report - Mr. Hans Rudiger Lange _ 390343 _ English _ 773 _ 411287 _ pdf

UNECE Group of Experts on Gas - Documents

48395 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.8/2024/1 - Annotated provisional agenda for the eleventh session _ 390839 _ English _ 773 _ 412640 _ pdf
48395 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.8/2024/1 - Annotated provisional agenda for the eleventh session _ 390839 _ Russian _ 864 _ 412641 _ pdf
48395 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.8/2024/1 - Annotated provisional agenda for the eleventh session _ 390839 _ French _ 780 _ 412642 _ pdf
48395 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.8/2024/2 - Report of the Group of Experts on Gas _ 390840 _ English _ 773 _ 412643 _ pdf
48395 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.8/2024/3 - Amended work plan of the Group of Experts on Gas for 2024-2025 _ 390844 _ English _ 773 _ 412649 _ pdf
48395 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.8/2024/3 - Amended work plan of the Group of Experts on Gas for 2024-2025 _ 390844 _ Russian _ 864 _ 412650 _ pdf
48395 _ ECE/ENERGY/GE.8/2024/3 - Amended work plan of the Group of Experts on Gas for 2024-2025 _ 390844 _ French _ 780 _ 412651 _ pdf

UNECE Group of Experts on Gas - Presentations

48396 _ The role of gases in bulding a resilient energy system - A Stegher - IGU _ 391113 _ English _ 773 _ 413374 _ pdf
48396 _ The role of gases in building a resilient energy system - Iskren Kirilov - IOGP _ 391116 _ English _ 773 _ 413378 _ pdf
48396 _ The role of gases in bulding a resilient energy system - I Conti - EUI FSR _ 391117 _ English _ 773 _ 413381 _ pdf
48396 _ GECF Global Gas Outlook 2050: Natural gas for sustainable development - Galiya Fazeliyanova - GECF _ 391119 _ English _ 773 _ 413382 _ pdf
48396 _ The role of gases in bulding a resilient energy system - A Gromov - IEF _ 391121 _ English _ 773 _ 413384 _ pdf
48396 _ Biogas: Readily available, renewable, grids-greening _ 391122 _ English _ 773 _ 413385 _ pdf
48396 _ Activities of H2 Task Force Safety, Sustainability and Classification - A Tchouvelev, Hydrogen Council _ 391123 _ English _ 773 _ 413386 _ pdf
48396 _ Reducing GHG emissions with ammonia - A Eastman _ 391124 _ English _ 773 _ 413388 _ pdf
48396 _ Development of the hydrogen economy - K Grebennik - REA _ 391127 _ English _ 773 _ 413391 _ pdf
48396 _ Conceptual hydrogen value chain infrastructure - P rasmussen - Gassco _ 391128 _ English _ 773 _ 413392 _ pdf
48396 _ Cost estimations of hydrogen admission into existing natural gas infrastructure and end use - M Coxe - Marcogaz _ 391129 _ English _ 773 _ 413393 _ pdf

Coal Technical Sessions - Presentations

48402 _ Ventilation Air Methane (VAM) - Reducing Emissions at Underground Mines, Mr. Neil Butler, Peak Carbon _ 390084 _ English _ 773 _ 410586 _ PDF
48402 _ China's Progress in VAM utilization & Emisison Reduction, Mr. Han Jiaye, Director of Energy and Safety Division Information Institute, Ministry of Emergency Management of China (China Coal Information Institute) _ 390085 _ English _ 773 _ 410587 _ PDF
48402 _ Ventilation Air Methane and Coal Mine Methane Abatement and Utilization, Mr. Richard Grzanka, Vice President of Business Development, Anguil Environmental Solutions for Cleaner Air & Water _ 390086 _ English _ 773 _ 410588 _ PDF
48402 _ Reducing Emissions of Methane Every Day of The Year, Mr. Jack Lewnard, Program Director, ARPA-E Remedy, _ 390087 _ English _ 773 _ 410595 _ PDF
48402 _ VAMOX RTO System for the Abatement of VAM Emisisons- Challenges, Projects Implementations and Expansion aroud The World. Mr. Guy Drouin, ing., MBA, Mr. Dominque Kay, ing., MscA, Biotherma _ 390088 _ English _ 773 _ 410596 _ PDF
48402 _ Methane treatment with help of regenerative thermal oxidation, Mr. Carsten Walddörfer, Team Leader R&D under PRM, CTS, Dürr Systems AG _ 390094 _ English _ 773 _ 410642 _ PDF
48402 _ Global Leadership Methane Satellite Monitoring, Mr. François Gauthier, GHGSAT _ 390095 _ English _ 773 _ 410643 _ PDF
48402 _ Lessons learned from building bottom-up open access database for Poland's coal mining sector, Mr. Michał Hetmański CEO & Co-founder, Instrat _ 390096 _ English _ 773 _ 410644 _ PDF
48402 _ Jumpstarting Coal Mine Methane Capture Projects for beneficial end use, Mr. Brent Bobsein, CNX _ 390097 _ English _ 773 _ 410645 _ PDF
48402 _ Climate Action through Carbon Ratings, Dr. Kirti Ramesh, Director of Carbon Ratings _ 390098 _ English _ 773 _ 410646 _ PDF
48402 _ Opportunities and Challenges for Indonesia's Coal Transition, Ms. Ryna Yiyun Cui, PhD, Research Director, University of Maryland _ 390099 _ English _ 773 _ 410647 _ pdf
48402 _ Transforming Energy Sector Infrastructure, an Indian Perspective, Ms. Pallavi Das, Global Methane Initiative _ 390100 _ English _ 773 _ 410648 _ pdf
48402 _ Mobilizing Market Solutions to Enhance Methane Mitigation Opportunities in the Energy Sector, Mr. Yihan Hao Principal, RMI China Program _ 390101 _ English _ 773 _ 410649 _ pdf

Biogas Technical Sessions - Presentations

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Oil & Gas Technical Sessions - Presentations

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