January 31, 2025 | Virtual
Reducing Methane Emissions: A Legislative Agenda
Organized by the ParlAmericas Green Economy Caucus
Organized by the ParlAmericas Green Economy Caucus
ACTIVITY SUMMARY: The role of parliaments in reducing methane emissions
RESOURCES:
- Analyzing methane emissions
- Methane Calculator: Assessment of Energy Utilization of Biogas in Water Treatment Plants (ECLAC)
- Carbon Mapper: Methane, CO2 Detection Satellite
- The Waste Methane Assessment Platform (WasteMAP)
- Global Methane Pledge. 2023.
- Parliamentary Platform for Climate Action and Against Methane. (in Spanish)
- Global Methane Assessment: 2030 Baseline Report. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition, 2023.
- Global Methane Assessment: Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Methane Emissions. UNEP and UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition, 2021.
- Global Methane Tracker 2024. International Energy Agency, 2024.
- Wastewater treatment
- IV Edition of the Regional Water Dialogues for Latin America and the Caribbean: Forging Alliances for Action (ECLAC)
- Circular Economy Opportunities in the Treatment of Wastewater in Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC; in Spanish)
- Methane Energy Use in Wastewater Treatment: Case Studies in El Salvador, Mexico and Panama (ECLAC; in Spanish)
- EPA Releases New Food Waste Reports: Reports reveal the impacts of food waste on landfill methane emissions and provide updated recommendations for managing food waste (US Environmental Protection Agency)
- Inclusive recycling and formalizing the informal sector
- Agriculture
