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)
