Hayden Montgomery

Agriculture Programme Director

Global Methane Hub

We must reduce methane emissions faster.

• 1.5 Degree report (2019). 35% reduction by 2050
• Global Methane Pledge (2021). 30% reduction by 2030
• AR6. WGIII (2022) 34% reduction by 2030, 44% by 2040.
• AR WG II (2022). Methane’s role in preventing warming crucial in reaching tipping points for dangerous impacts on people and ecosystems.

Modelled mitigation potential

• Most modelled pathways represent the maximum technical potential for anthropogenic CH₄ reductions in the underlying models.
• Further emissions reductions may be achieved through changes in activity levels and/or technological innovations beyond those represented in the majority of the pathways.

Agricultural CH₄

• Research and development are key for all measures.
• Measures for the mitigation of agricultural CH₄ emissions with emerging technologies show promising results.
• However, the mitigation of agricultural CH₄ emissions is still constrained by cost, the diversity and complexity of agricultural systems, and by increasing demands to raise agricultural yields, and increasing demand for livestock products.

​

Our Partners

• The Hub will focus on the energy, agricultural, and waste sectors which account for 96% of human-caused methane emissions.
• We will support ambitious catalytic investments, lay the groundwork for long-term transformation of challenging sectors, and also deliver quick wins in sectors that are ripe for action on the ground.
• Our vision is to collaborate with governmental and non-governmental entities to scale up cost-effective solutions in methane mitigation and contribute to transformational change.

Approved

​

• $10M on energy sector in North America and Europe �(November-December 2021)
• $10M (3 year) to support 30 countries in methane reduction planning (CCAC).
• $3M in energy sector for Europe transition.

Quick update on funding.

“…seeking abatement of agricultural emissions through technology innovation as well as incentives and partnerships with farmers.”

​

“…moving towards using the highest tier IPCC good practice inventory methodologies, consistent with IPCC guidance, with particular focus on high emission sources, in order to quantify methane emissions.”

​

“…maintaining up-to-date, transparent, and publicly available information on our policies and commitments.”

​

Wide range of production efficiencies/yields

Agricultural CH₄ important in almost all regions

​

Agricultural CH₄ mitigation

• In each case, efficacy and cost-effectiveness is context dependent

​

• MRV not always straight forward

​

• Multiple gases with interactions between them – often trade-offs

​

• Have to consider system resilience and vulnerability

• Harmonizing regulations, to the extent possible, to favour economic efficiency and innovation

​

• Improving national GHG inventories – agricultural CH₄

​

​

​

​

• Catalyzing investment in early-stage research

​

• Validating new approaches

​

​

​

Accelerating action

• Scaling up/out of available options

​

• Explore how to support sectoral initiatives

​

​

​

​

• Public education and awareness

​

• Building capability in LMICs

​

​

​

Policy

Innovation

Implementation

Education

Need for improved mechanistic understanding of rumen fermentation to underpin all mitigation interventions

Can satellite observations work for agricultural CH₄ and lower cost of MRV?