8:30 ‑ 8:45
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Welcome and Forum Overview by the GMI and CCAC co-chairs
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8:45 ‑ 9:15
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Opening Remarks
- Dr. Rodolfo Lacy, Undersecretary SEMARNAT, Mexico
Methane in the context of Paris Agreement implementation, progress and
challenges
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9:15 ‑ 10:30
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Plenary Session – "Global action on methane mitigation in 2018 and beyond"
- Moderator: Jenifer Collette, Executive Director, Meteorological Service of Canada, ECCC
- Christophe McGlade, International Energy Agency
- Jonathan Banks, Clean Air Task Force
- Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- Dr. Joe von Fischer, Colorado State University/Google Methane Project
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10:30 ‑ 10:45
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Health Break
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10:45 ‑ 12:45
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Technical Sessions ‑ Methane Emissions Challenges and Opportunities
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Agriculture Presentations and Meetings
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Moderator: Jorge Antonio Hilbert, Prefesional
Asesor de Nivel Internacional en Gestión de Actividades
de Innovación (INTA)
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10:45 ‑ 11:15 |
Agriculture Digesters and Biogas: Driving Green Jobs
in India
Kolluru Krishan, Skills Council for Green Jobs
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11:15 ‑ 11:45 |
The ‘biogasdoneright’ concept
Bruce Dale, PhD, Michigan State University
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11:45 ‑ 12:15 |
One solution to rule them all: detecting every methane
emitter on Earth, daily, by using high resolution
methane tracking micro-satellites & AI
Richard Lachance, CTO, Bluefield Technologies |
12:15 ‑ 12:45 |
RNG as a Transformative Force in the Ag Sector
Jennifer Green, Executive Director, Canadian Biogas
Association |
Coal Mine Methane Presentations and Meetings
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10:45 - 10.50 |
Opening Remarks
Ms. Felicia Ruiz, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency |
10:50 - 11:10 |
Coal's Place in the Global Energy Mix
Mr. Scott Foster, United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe (UNECE) |
11:10 - 11:30 |
Global Project Scale and Emissions
Dr. Meredydd Evans, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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11:30 ‑ 11:35 |
Opening Remarks
Mr. Michael Coté, Ruby Canyon Engineering |
11:35 ‑ 11:55 |
Enabling Policy Framework and the Role of Best Practices
Dr. David Creedy, Sindicatum Sustainable Resources
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11:55 ‑ 12:15 |
Carbon Market Design: Role of CMM Offsets
Ms. Katie Sullivan, International Emissions Trading
Association (IETA) |
12:15 ‑ 12:35 |
Current and Potential Policy Impetus for CMM Recovery
and Use Projects
Ms. Lisa DeMarco, DeMarco Allen, LLP
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12:35 ‑ 12:45 |
Q&A
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Municipal Solid Waste Presentations and Meetings
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10:45 ‑ 11:00 |
Introductions
Ricardo Cepeda, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group |
11:00 ‑ 11:15 |
Overview of Financing Challenges
Tom Frankiewicz, USEPA, CCAC MSWI Co-Chair
Overview of financing challenges identified in engagement
with CCAC MSWI network cities |
11:15 ‑ 11:30 |
Assessing Financial “Readiness”
Nadia Scharen-Givel, Abt Associates
How cities can evaluate and improve their financial
readiness for financing capital waste improvements
by using the CCAC MSWI financial readiness checklist |
11:30 ‑ 11:45 |
City Testimonial: Vina del Mar, Chile
Pablo Lopez Legarreta, Center for Clean Air Policy
Coalition pilot city will share experience using public-private partnership as
a financing model
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11:45 ‑ 12:00 |
City Testimonial: Naucalpan, Mexico
Roger Peniche Sala, City of Naucalpan, Mexico
City will discuss its experience working with GMI
to complete financial readiness checklist and experience
navigating the Green Climate Fund process
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12:00 ‑ 12:15 |
National Perspective: Mexico GMI Delegate
Ricardo Ortiz Conde, Mexican Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources
National-level perspective working with cities to
support investments in waste management and SLCP
mitigation projects in the waste sector
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12:15 - 12:45 |
Moderated Q&A session
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Oil and Gas Presentations and Meetings
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10:45 ‑ 10:50 |
Opening Remarks
GMI Oil & Gas Subcommittee Co-Chairs
—Mr. James Diamond, Canada Ministry of Environment
and Climate Change
—Ms. Paulina Serrano, PEMEX
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10:50 ‑ 11:05 |
Keynote: Making The Match – Why Successful Climate
Policy & Next Generation Innovation Depends On
Current Technology
Mr. Jackson Hegland, Methane Emissions Leadership
Alliance
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11:05 ‑ 11:45 |
Topic I: Methane Leak Detection
Presentations on the latest technologies and techniques
utilized to detect methane leaks from oil and gas
operations
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Government Research Efforts to Advance Monitoring:
Developing Technologies to Detect, Locate
and Quantify Natural Gas Emissions
Dr. Joseph King, United States Department
of Energy - Advanced Research Projects Agency
for Energy (ARPA-E)
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SENTRY case study: Pilot projects on continuous emissions monitoring
Ms. Jeanette Patell, GE Canada
Mr. Richard Dunn, Encana
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11:45 ‑ 12:25 |
Topic II: Methane Measurement and Quantification
Presentations and case studies on the methodologies
being used by both the public and private sector
to measure and quantify methane emissions
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Overview of Fugitive Emissions Management
Mr. Torleif Haugland, Carbon Limits
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Efforts to Quantify Global Oil and Gas Methane Emissions
Mr. Drew Nelson, Environmental Defense Fund
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12:25 ‑ 12:45 |
Topic III: Best Management Practices in the Oil and
Gas Sector
Updates by international organizations regarding
their efforts to identify and promote best management
practices to reduce methane emissions in the oil
and gas sector
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Joint GMI/UNECE Best Management Practices
Presentation – Upstream oil and gas, and downstream
gas project
Mr. Michal Drabik, UNECE
Mr. Torleif Haugland, Carbon Limits
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Wastewater Presentations and Meetings
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10:45 ‑ 10:55 |
Introductions
Monica Shimamura, USEPA Wastewater Technical Expert
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10:55 ‑ 11:10 |
National Context in China: Opportunities and Barriers
Focus on national-level drivers that create opportunities
for methane recovery, and technical and financial
barriers that impede them.
Jennifer Turner, China Environment Forum, Woodrow
Wilson Center |
11:10 ‑ 11:25 |
Case Study: Yuliangzhou’s Sludge-to-Energy Plant
in Xiangyang City
Practices to reduce methane emissions in the wastewater
sector.
Dou Wenlong, TOVEN
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11:25 ‑ 11:40 |
National Context in Mexico: Opportunities and Barriers
Adalberto Noyola, National Autonomous University
of Mexico
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11:40 ‑ 11:55 |
Case Study: Juarez's South Wastewater Treatment Plant
Michael Theodoulou, Suez Water Treatment Solutions
North America
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11:55 ‑ 12:10 |
Technology Innovation and Financing Best Practices
from Ontario
Indra Maharjan, Ontario Clean Water Agency
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12:10 ‑ 12:45 |
Questions and Answers
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12:45 ‑ 14:00 |
Lunch
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14:00 ‑ 16:15 |
Sector Sessions
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Biogas (Agriculture/MSW/Wastewater)
14:00 ‑ 14:10 |
Welcome and Introductions
- GMI Biogas Subcommittee Co-Chairs
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14:10 ‑ 15:05 |
Renewable Natural Gas Panel
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Moderator: Jennifer Green, Executive
Director, Canadian Biogas Association
- Matt Tomich, President, Energy Vision
- Ricardo Hamdam, Sales Manager – North America,
Hitachi Zosen Inova
- Jim Tweedie, Vice-President, Operations and Market
Affairs, Canadian Gas Association
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15:10 ‑ 16:00 |
Methane and Sustainable Development Goals
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Moderator: Matt Hamilton, Manager,
Waste and GHG Emissions, Environment and
Climate Change Canada
- Ricardo Cepeda-Márquez, Director, Solid Waste
Initiative, C40 Cities Climate Leadership
Group
- Dr. Victoria Hatton, Senior Policy Analyst, International Environment & Policy, New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries and Co-Chair to the CCAC Agriculture Initiative.
- David Donaldson, Commission for Environmental Cooperation – invited
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16:00 ‑ 16:15 |
ZooShare: North America’s 1st Zoo-Biogas Plant
- Daniel Bida, Executive Director, ZooShare
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Coal Mine Methane
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14:00 ‑ 14:10 |
Opening Remarks
Mr. Clark Talkington, Advanced Resources International
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14:10 ‑ 14:30 |
Barriers to Ventilation Air Methane (VAM) Abatement
Project Development: Project Developer Perspective
Mr. Dominique Kay, Biothermica |
14:30 ‑ 14:50 |
Barriers to Ventilation Air Methane (VAM) Abatement
Project Development: Technology Provider Perspective
Dr. Jin Yonggang, CSIRO Energy |
14:50 ‑ 15:10 |
Abandoned Mine Methane (AMM): Maximizing Gas Production
Mr. Michael Coté, Ruby Canyon Engineering |
15:10 ‑ 15:25 |
Q&A
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15:25 ‑ 15:30 |
Introductions
Felicia Ruiz, EPA |
15:30 ‑ 15:50 |
CMM and CBM Development in Mongolia
Dr. Badarch Mendbayar, Mongolia Nature and Environment Consortium |
15:50 ‑ 16:10 |
The Status and Potential of Abandoned Mine Methane (AMM) Project Development in China
Mr. Liu Wenge, China Coal Information Institute |
16:10 ‑ 16:15 |
Closing Remarks
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Oil and Gas
14:00 ‑ 14:30 |
Keynote: IEA World Energy Outlook: Oil and Gas Methane
Emissions and the Costs and Benefits of Mitigation
Christophe McGlade, World Energy Outlook Senior
Analyst
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14:30 ‑ 14:35 |
Opening Remarks
GMI Oil & Gas Subcommittee Co-Chairs
- Mr. James Diamond, Canada Ministry of Environment
and Climate Change
- Ms. Paulina Serrano, PEMEX
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14:35 ‑ 15:15 |
Topic I: Policy Approaches to Address Methane Emissions
from the Oil and Gas Sector
G20 methane policy status, challenges and prospective
impacts on energy production
- Mr. Steven Knell, PhD., IHS Energy
Global policy approaches to methane mitigation in the oil and gas sector
- Mr. Jonathan Banks, Clean Air Task Force
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15:15 ‑ 16:15 |
Topic II: Financial Mechanisms and Approaches to
Project Financing
Innovation in financing methane emission reductions
- Mr. Yvan Champagne, Blue Source Canada
OGCI Climate Investments: Financing the development and deployment of innovative technologies that have the potential to
significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from
the oil and gas sector
Innovative self-financing tool for compressor stations retrofits – pilot projects
- Mr. Mark Savage, John Crane Group
- Ms. Lisa Ceglia, Smiths Group
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16:15 ‑ 16:45 |
Networking Break
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16:45 ‑ 17:45 |
Closing Plenary: The Way Forward - Integrating environmental policy, technology
innovation and project financing
- Moderator: Frank Des Rosiers, Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation and Energy Technology Sector, Natural Resources Canada
- Merlin Cochran, Deputy Director General, Upstream Oil and Gas Division, Mexico Ministry of Energy (SENER)
- Claudio Alatorre, Climate Change Lead Specialist, Climate Change Division, Inter-American Development Bank
- Dr. Rodolfo Lacy, Undersecretary SEMARNAT, Mexico
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17:45 ‑ 18:00 |
Closing remarks by the GMI and CCAC Co-Chairs
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18:00 ‑ 20:00 |
Side Event - Oil and Gas Methane Leadership Awards More Details |
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Hosted by Pembina Institute, Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Defence Canada, Clean Air Task Force, and Centre for Clean Air Policy.
Disclaimer: This side event is being independently hosted, and is not sponsored or endorsed by GMI.
Taking action to reduce methane pollution.
The International Energy Agency’s most recent analysis shows that globally, 50 percent of oil and gas methane reductions can be reduced at no net cost. National governments, sub-national jurisdictions, investors, innovators, and companies have all begun to act on this opportunity. The award ceremony will recognize leaders who have endeavoured to achieve this commitment despite obstacles.
Please join us for drinks and refreshments immediately after the Global Methane Forum to celebrate leaders working to reduce methane pollution and protect the climate.
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