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This paper provides a refresh of the 2022 Gas for Climate study, incorporating latest data and insights to update the potential estimates for 2030 and 2050, and turns the focus to 2040 to provide...

The European Biomethane Week is a must event for producers, users, investors and legislators involved in the deployment of biogases across Europe. The second edition of the European Biomethane Week “On...

Reducing methane emissions from livestock: A focus on reducing methane emissions from the livestock sector, improving sustainability. 1.3 billion people rely on livestock for their livelihoods and food...

The report was prepared by Task Force 5.1 and offers and assessment of current innovative technologies for biomethane production.

Highlights: The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Experts on Climate Change found that methane emissions from all human activities contributed about 0.5°C to the present observed...

Methane directly contributes to air pollution, as an ozone precursor, and to climate change, generating physical and economic damages to different systems, namely agriculture, vegetation, energy, human...

The researchers added a microbial culture made from baby kangaroo faeces plus a known methane inhibitor to a cow stomach simulator. The result? It produced acetic acid...

This position paper – developed by members of IEA Bioenergy Task 37 (“Energy from Biogas”) – provides central knowledge and features of biogas and biomethane. The main conclusion...

This piece is a brief summary of TABLE’s work on agricultural methane, drawing from two of our Explainers: “Agricultural methane and its role as a greenhouse gas” and “Methane and the sustainability of ruminant...

The relationship between livestock production and climate change is the subject of hot debate, with arguments for major shifts in diets and a reduction in livestock production. This Perspective examines how global...