A Call to Action on Methane: an international dialogue hosted by the GMI

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(New York)
Virtual

This GMI event aims to raise international awareness of critical need to reduce methane  and highlight opportunities for action to reduce emissions.

Preliminary Agenda

Welcome and Introductions

  • Jonathan Wilkinson, Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change (invited)
  • Helen Ryan, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Protection Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada; Chair, GMI Steering Committee

Keynote address

  • Michael S. Regan, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (invited)
    Methane Mitigation Policy to Achieve Climate Goals
  • Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency (invited)
    Global Trends in the Energy Sector: Impact on Methane
  • Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (confirmed)
    Opportunity for Global Action on Methane: International Decade of Methane Management
  • Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund (confirmed)
    Importance of Action on Methane
  • Drew Shindell, Chair, Scientific Advisory Panel of the Climate & Clean Air Coalition and Professor of Climate Sciences, Duke University (confirmed)
    Global Methane Assessment: Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Methane Emissions

Industry Panel Discussion and Moderated Question & Answer
  

  • Moderator: Drew Shindell, Chair, Scientific Advisory Panel of the Climate & Clean Air Coalition and Professor of Climate Sciences, Duke University (confirmed
  • Vicki Hollub, President and Chief Executive Officer, Occidental Petroleum (confirmed)
  • David Newman, President, World Biogas Association (confirmed)
  • Demetrios Papathanasiou, Global Director, Energy and Extractives Global Practice, The World Bank (invited)
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