CCAC Newsletter November 2024 Subscribe Share SHARE Facebook share Twitter LinkedIn Copy URL Email Breadcrumb Home Newsletter CCAC Newsletter November 2024 Content After wrapping up COP29, we are pleased to share with you the latest news from the Partnership, as well as information on opportunities for engagement and support. Super Pollutants at COP29Outside of the negotiations, action on super pollutants was on full display over the course of the two weeks at COP29. To highlight some of the new initiatives and the progress made, our daily COP updates summarise super pollutant initiatives as well as key updates from our partners.Read reflections by Martina Otto, Head of the CCAC Secretariat.Read daily updates from super pollutants at COP29. Upcoming Events6 December: Driving Sustainable Transport: Addressing Used Heavy-Duty Vehicles for a Greener FutureThis webinar will share insights on the growing demand for used HDVs, their contribution to developing countries’ economies, and their significant impacts on air quality and climate change. The webinar will also demonstrate how enhanced regulations can drive sustainable transport, lead to greater uptake of advanced technologies, and present case studies in the LAC and African regions.Register13 December: Gender Responsive Projects and Policies in CoolingThis webinar will focus on the intersection of gender, cooling and HFC reductions, examining how barriers to accessing low-GWP cooling disproportionately affect women and girls, particularly in developing regions. It will highlight women’s essential role in advancing sustainable cooling solutions, from leadership in energy cooperatives to decision-making in household and community cooling practices.Register Image 17 - 21 March: Climate and Clean Air Conference 2025The Climate and Clean Air Conference 2025 is set to take place from March 17–21, 2025, in Brasília, Brazil. This year’s theme, “Preparing for COP30: Tackling Super Pollutants to Avoid the Catastrophic Overshoot of 1.5°C,” highlights the urgent need for decisive action. The event will bring together country representatives, global experts, and changemakers, united with over 180 partners, to drive accelerated solutions for mitigating super pollutants and safeguarding our planet’s future.RegisterPlease note: Your registration is not confirmed until you receive an official notification by the CCAC Secretariat. News and UpdatesCCAC Approves $6 Million in Funding for Super PollutantsIn the CCAC’s most competitive funding round to date, the third round of transformative action projects bring innovative approaches and technologies to improve the speed, scale, and access of mitigation actions in developing countries around the world. The 2024 announcement brings total available CCAC grant support for super pollutant action to $40 million since 2022.Read more Factsheet: 2024 Global Methane Pledge MinisterialThe Global Methane Pledge (GMP) unites 159 participating countries and the European Commission in pursuit of a goal to cut methane emissions 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030. At the 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, participants met to review progress made over the last year and commit to new actions to tackle this potent super pollutant.Read highlights Image Countries Representing Nearly 50% of Global Methane Emissions From Organic Waste Pledge to Reduce Emissions From Sector | Day Nine – Food, Water and Agriculture Day30 countries, collectively responsible for nearly 50% of global methane from organic waste emissions, have today endorsed the COP29 declaration on reducing methane from organic waste. Ministry of Agriculture of Azerbaijan announces new cooperation with UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition on development of methane reduction roadmap for Azerbaijan’s agricultural sector. Read more New CCAC Report Spotlights Cost-Effective and Scalable Digital Extension Services to Reduce Livestock Methane EmissionsAt COP29 The UNEP-convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Technology & Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP), co-led by Ireland and Senegal, and in collaboration with leading experts in agriculture and climate, released a new report that spotlights Digital Extension Services for Livestock (DSL) as a promising and immediately implementable solution for methane mitigation for farmers in low-and-middle income countries. Read more Including and quantifying methane mitigation in NDCs is key to a better climate outcomeLong-term success requires that NDCs be aggressive in terms of ambition and comprehensive in terms of gasses and sectors covered. We call upon nations to include all GHGs in the next NDCs and specify additional ambitious quantitative contributions from methane and other non-CO₂ gasses; this is a critically important opportunity to increase overall mitigation ambition, to deliver reduced near-term warming, and to obtain important societal co-benefits.Read more How livestock & climate finance fit into the COP29 climate talksEvidence from the LD4D Network is helping to inform global discussions at the COP29 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference this year held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Known as the ‘Finance COP’, the conference aims to establish global climate finance targets for 2030. In this context, our recent three evidence-based briefs offer guidance for shaping policies and driving investments in livestock development. A recent article authored by Rebecca Chamberlin and Danielle Niedermaier from Land O’Lakes Venture 37 outline tools for developing effective business cases to secure climate financing for livestock development in low-and middle-income countries.Read more CCAC at MOP36Partners and the Secretariat of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition were in Bangkok, Thailand, for the week-long Montreal Protocol Combined thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Parties from 27 October to 1 November 2024.Read more Lowering Organic Waste Methane Initiative Supports Global Methane Pledge, COP29 Declaration on Reducing Methane from Organic WasteSince its launch at COP28 in Dubai, the Lowering Organic Waste Methane (LOW-Methane) initiative has made significant progress toward its goal of jumpstarting global action to cut methane emissions from the waste sector, particularly at the subnational level.Read more No Burn Alternatives Gaining Popularity in Nigeria's Benue StateIn many parts of the world, burning takes place in specific seasons after crop harvests, creating annual mass burning seasons. Not only do the black carbon emissions from these seasons significantly damage human and ecosystem health, they also damage soil quality and exacerbate wildfires. In an effort to improve agricultural sustainability and mitigate black carbon emissions, the Government of Nigeria has begun work with 500 farmers in 100 communities to equip farmers with best practice approaches to reduce and provide alternatives to open field burning while promoting climate-smart agriculture. Read more Electric Buses Accelerate Renewable Transition in Sri LankaAs an island nation dependent on fuel imports for transport and electricity production, Sri Lanka is highly vulnerable to economic and logistical shocks to the energy sector. Many Sri Lankans using both public and private transport were left waiting days for access to fuel as a result of recent economic downturns. This crisis was one major prompt for the government of Sri Lanka and its development partners to explore ways to accelerate its transition to renewable energy.Read more Publications Image Global Nitrous Oxide AssessmentA new United Nations Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment is warning that nitrous oxide (N₂O), a potent greenhouse gas, is rapidly accelerating climate change and damaging the ozone layer. Launched at the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, the assessment signals that emissions are rising faster than expected, and that immediate action is required to curb the environmental and health impacts of this super pollutant.Download the ReportPress Release CCAC TEAP Report: Role of Digital (Extension) Services for Livestock on Tackling Methane Emissions Extension-supported digital services for livestock (DSL) can help reduce methane emissions intensity from the livestock in three ways: i) by improving production efficiency; ii) by providing data to other greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting tools; and iii) by enhancing capacity of decision makers to calculate GHG emissions and develop locally appropriate mitigation options. Due to the variety of DSL archetypes and business models, there is no uniform approach to launching one of these technologies. However, this report closes the gap between knowledge and finance, thereby facilitating multi-level investments involving governments, international finance institutes, public-private partnerships and philanthropy. It also identifies the opportunities and challenges in using DSL, and offers pathways to implementing DSL-led systems through case studies. Finally, it connects to climate policy to demonstrate how DSL can enhance the value of existing extension services, facilitate incorporation of individual mitigation options into national climate targets, and further advance investment opportunities. Download the Report Image Including non-CO₂ pollutants in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0) - Now available in Arabic, Spanish and French The CCAC Guidance provides practical and strategic recommendations for experts and teams involved in preparing NDC 3.0 on how to set goals and identify specific measures suitable to the national context. The Guidance focuses on a set of priority pollutants in five distinct chapters. The first chapter anchors the recommendations within the mandate of the Paris Agreement, providing a roadmap for how to identify, assess, confirm, and gain support for addressing the non- CO₂ goals and measures. Read the Guidance and key messages here. Scientific Papers Published by CCAC Scientific Advisory Panel MembersKapoor et al. (2024). Spatial Distribution in Surface Aerosol Light Absorption Across India. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL110089. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110089 (Co-authored by SAP member, Chandra Venkataraman) Akahoshi et al. (2024). The Prospects of Controlling Open Burning of Crop Residues in Thailand: A Quantitative Assessment of Implementation Barriers and Costs Atmosphere, 15(11), 1309. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15111309 (Co-authored by SAP member, Eric Zusman)