CCAC Newsletter January 2024

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We hope this finds you well and ready for another ambitious year in climate and clean air action. Already in January we have held meetings for the launch of our Clean Air Flagship, the first of a series of webinars on gender mainstreaming, and are preparing for our annual meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.

The CCAC Clean Air Flagship Task Team met and discussed the operationalisation of a dynamic three-year journey of coordinated effort to drive integrated climate and clean air planning and action, including multi-level governance, enhance science communication, advocate for action, ensure transparency, and secure finance.

The Climate and Clean Air Conference 2024 will take place from 21 to 23 February 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya on the margins of the Sixth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly. The Climate and Clean Air Conference 2024 will bring together CCAC Partner representatives from governments, intergovernmental organisations, non-governmental organisations, private sector, finance institutions and key stakeholders from the African region.  

Read on below for full details of these significant announcements, plus new projects, job opportunities and more!

Global Methane Forum
GMF 2024

 

The 2024 Global Methane Forum bring together industry leaders in Geneva, Switzerland from 18-21 March 2024 to promote replicable methane mitigation successes and mobilise action to achieve ambitious methane emission reductions.

The Forum will be 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). It will be organised jointly with the UN Economic Commission for Europe’s Group of Experts meetings – the 19th Session of the Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane and Just Transition, and the 11th Session of the Group of Experts on Gas.

The goals of the 2024 Global Methane Forum are to:

  • Advance action to achieve ambitious global methane mitigation targets;
  • Highlight methane mitigation activities, including to achieve the goals of the Global Methane Pledge;
  • Share information about technical, policy, financing, and regulatory issues related to methane policy and project development; and
  • Engage and enhance private sector participation in methane mitigation.

    The Forum includes national and international policy makers, methane capture and use project developers, site and/or project managers, financial institution representatives, scientists, researchers, and industry experts.
Latest News

 

Jordan Social Media Card

The Climate Action Network of Jordan (CANJO) convened a consultation, gathering over 40 focal points from relevant stakeholders to collaboratively identify priority measures for reducing Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP) in Jordan. 

This consultation is integral to the project aimed at supporting Jordan’s Ministry of Environment in the identification and inclusion of SLCPs in the country’s revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

Read more here.

Mali Social Media Card CCAC

Together with SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute, the implementation phase of the project to strengthen Mali’s national planning process for short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) has kicked-off. 

This project will provide priority mitigation plans, NDC integration guidance, develop methane roadmap, build capacities and identify future projects. 

Read more about the project here.

Morocco SM Card CCAC

Together with GGGI, Morocco will develop a National Methane Roadmap, conduct a detailed assessment of priority mitigation measures, and implement its NDC SLCP mitigation measures. 

Learn more about the project here.

gender webinar CCAC


In this webinar, we heard from the World Bank and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) on the impacts of gender-smart agriculture, and helpful tools and frameworks for developing  gender responsive projects with a focus on livestock.

Full information here.

UNEP’s IMEO Launches Annual Report + Data Platform, Seeks Engagement on MARS
MARS CCAC

 

At COP28 in Dubai, UNEP’s IMEO launched its third annual report, An Eye on Methane: The Road to Radical Transparency, detailing its efforts to increase the availability of actionable methane data (UNEP Press Release).

Also released was the beta version of the IMEO Methane Data platform, featuring the first public results of the Methane Alert and Response System (MARS), which uses satellites to identify major methane emission sources and provides data directly to governments and companies to address them. GMP signatories that are oil and gas producing countries are encouraged to engage with UNEP on MARS.

Please contact meghan.demeter [at] un.org (meghan[dot]demeter[at]un[dot]org) for any questions or to organize a briefing on MARS. 

January 2024 Announcements

Job Opening - CCAC Methane Planning Expert Comoros

The consultant will help develop a comprehensive methane roadmap  and coordinate the preparation of National Methane Roadmap findings for presentation to the Government of Comoros.

Full details here.