A group of leading international NGOs (INGOs) in China — Energy Foundation China, Environmental Defense Fund, World Resources Institute, Natural Resources Defense Council, and RMI — will hold this workshop during COP29 to explore the key areas where China and the United States can enhance their ambitions and better implement non-CO2 mitigation actions, especially on methane, N2O, and HFCs, and address the challenges and opportunities for further collaboration between the two countries.
Through this event, government officials, philanthropies, civil society, and experts from both nations will come together to exchange information on policies, technologies, and measures to control and reduce emissions. RMI’s Ting Li will moderate the first session, “Non-CO2 GHG Mitigation Potential and Priorities,” and Tom Frankiewicz will be involved in the second session, “Methane Mitigation in Energy and Waste Sectors.”
The video below highlights the Waste Methane Assessment Platform, detailing RMI’s efforts in this sector.
This open-access web tool aims to create greater transparency on methane emissions data from solid waste while providing waste authorities — and the public — with actionable insights to reduce methane emissions in their communities.
The Waste Methane Assessment Platform (WasteMAP) provides data and resources including landscape assessments, technical assistance memos, and strategy playbooks that are custom-tailored for specific regions to help waste management officials, municipalities, policy makers, and other key decision makers reduce methane emissions from landfills and dumpsites.
