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11th Session Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane 24 - 25 October 2016

11th Session Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane 24 - 25 October 2016

24 - 25 October 2016
Salle XII, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

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Documents

Document Title & Symbol ENG FRE RUS

Timeline

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Item 1. Adoption of the agenda      
Annotated provisional agenda for the 11th session
ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2016/1
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Report of the Tenth Session of the Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane
ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2015/2
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Item 13.  Adoption of conclusions and recommendations      
Draft Conclusions and Recommendations arising from the Eleventh Session of the Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane
Draft for discussion
CMM-11/2016/INF.1
Version 4, 11 October 2016
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Item 14.  Adoption of the report      
Report of the Eleventh Session of the Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane
ECE/ENERGY/GE.4/2016/2
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Presentations GMI

Presentation Title & Author ENG FRE RUS
Agenda item 3. Opening remarks      
Chair's Opening Remarks PDF    
Agenda item 4. Sixth joint meeting of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and the Coal Subcommittee of the Global Methane Initiative      
Opportunities for Greater Cooperation Among CSE Subsidiary Bodies
Raymond C. Pilcher, Chair, GoE CMM and Raven Ridge Resources
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Global Methane Initiative - Coal Subcommittee Meeting
Monica Shimamura, Director, Administrative Support Group
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Countries updates:      
China
Coal Sector Updates in China
Huang Shengchu, Ph.D, Director General, ZHANG Zhaogeng, Division Chief and SU Chen, Research Assistant, China Coal Strategic Research Center
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Colombia
Colombia Coal Sector Update
Eduardo José Sánchez Sierra, Climate Change Advisor

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India
Sustainable development of Coal and CMM in India
Shekhar Saran, Chairman cum Managing Director, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute and R. P. Gupta, IAS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India
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Poland
Poland Coal Sector Update  Global Methane Initiative  Coal Subcommittee Meeting
Jan Bondaruk, Deputy General Director for Environmental Engineering

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Ukraine
Status of Coal Mine Methane Degasification and Utilization in Ukraine
Igor Yashchenko, Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine

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United States
United States Coal Sector Update
Raymond C. Pilcher, President, Raven Ridge Resources, Incorporated in support of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Promoting Coal Mine Methane Activities in Kazakhstan      
Promoting Coal Mine Methane Activities in Kazakhstan: Policy and Project Development Issues
Michael Coté, President, Ruby Canyon Engineering, Inc.
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Technical Presentations and Discussion      
CMM Financing and Strategy Brainstorming - Updates and Next Steps
Meredydd Evans, Senior Staff Scientist, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Presentations 11th CMM

Presentation Title & Author ENG FRE RUS
Agenda item 5: The  role  of  coal  mine  methane  management  in  implementing  the  Sustainable Development Goals and combatting climate change      
The role of coal mine methane management in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and combatting climate change
Scott Foster, Director, SED
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The use of methane in abandoned mines   in the land of North-Rhine-Westphalia
Clemens Backhaus, Engineer, A-TEC Anlagentechnik GmbH
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Coalbed methane in the Ruhr Basin, Germany: a renewable energy resource?
Thomas Thielemann
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Agenda Item 6: Activities  and  priorities  of  the  United  Nations  Economic  Commission for  Europe and its Committee on Sustainable Energy      
25th Session of the Committee on Sustainable Energy
Scott Foster
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Agenda Item 7: Report on implementation of the work plan for 2016–2017      
Global VAM Update
Richard Mattus, RM Business Consulting
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International Centres of Excellence on CMM
David Creedy, Managing Director CMM & VAM, Sindicatum Sustainable Resources
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International Carbon Market Updates
Michael Coté, President of Ruby Canyon Engineering, In support of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Work Report of ISO/TC 263 Secretariat
Peihua Zhao, ISO/TC 263 secretariat
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Agenda Item 9: Trends, developments and good practices in coal mine methane management      
Method of methane drainage with using the cased long boreholes
Dariusz OBRACAJ, Justyna SWOLKIEŃ, Faculty of Mining & Geo-engineering Department of Underground Mining, Cracow
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