Methane has become the focus of global climate change and environmental meetings, as well as public conversations around livestock and dairy. But what do we really know about methane? Do we understand its true nature, its natural cycle and its actual global warming potential? The IDF webinar “Understanding methane: science, policy, finance and actions” aims at putting the methane conversation in context and address all these questions. The three-hour deep dive into methane and its facts, with leading international experts took place on Wednesday, May 17 13:30 – 16:30 CEST.
Watch the recordings below and access the key messages here.
| Programme | Start: 1:30 PM CEST |
| Welcome and opening remarks | IDF President, Piercristiano Brazzle IDF Director General, Caroline Emond |
| Setting the scene: the science around methane | Definitions – Why methane matters By Myles Allen, Professor of Geosystem Science in the School of Geography and the Environment and Department of Physics, University of Oxford Looking at dairy cattle methane By Joseph McFadden, Associate Professor of Dairy Cattle Biology, Animal Science Northeast Agribusiness |
| Global policy landscape on methane reduction | John Tauzel, John Tauzel, Senior Director for Global Agriculture Methane, EDF Hayden Montgomery, Agriculture Programme Director, Global Methane Hub Aimable Uwizeye, Livestock Policy Officer with the FAO, Animal Production and Health Division |
| From policy to action | Showcasing dairy companies’ initiatives for tackling methane emissions reduction Sarah Lockwood, Regenerative agriculture program Director, Danone Dr Sanne Dekker, Research Specialist Environmental Impact Assessment, FrieslandCampina Dr Andrew Fletcher, Programme Leader Sustainable Food Systems, Fonterra Karen Scanlon, SVP, Environmental Stewardship, Dairy Management Inc. Meenesh Shah, Chairman, National Dairy Development Board, India |
| Available resources to accelerate change | How Pathways to Dairy Net Zero is Accelerating Global Climate Action By Kevin Burkum, Chief Communications Officer, Global Dairy Platform Learnings from Rabobank’s pilots in financing the transition to low-dairy GHG By Marijke Schouten, Lead Decarbonizing Supply Chains, Rabobank Mobilize finance in methane mitigation By Paul Myer, CEO, Athian Policy incentives, public and private partnership case study By Christopher Adamo, Vice President Public Affairs & Regenerative Agriculture Policy, Danone North America Result-based scheme & funding sources to accelerate carbon farming transition By Jean Baptiste Dollé, Environment Head Department, French Livestock Institute (Institut de l’Elevage) |
| Concluding remarks | IDF Director General, Caroline Emond |
