Opportunities for methane mitigation on the road to COP30

As agriculture remains a significant source of methane emissions globally, addressing emissions from this sector is essential to achieving climate objectives. Livestock systems, in particular, present both challenges and opportunities for impactful interventions. With COP30 approaching, the THINK-table session organised by CLIM-Eat and NFP, provided a timely platform to enhance collaboration across the food system, align methane mitigation efforts with food and nutrition security and farmer livelihoods, and scale innovative solutions. By convening key stakeholders, the event aimed to drive actionable insights and collaboration that can accelerate progress in reducing agricultural methane emissions.

This THINK-table featured Gregory Kohler, an Agriculture Expert from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), who opened the session with a keynote to lead discussions on the urgency of methane mitigation in agriculture, explore opportunities for public-private collaboration, and identify innovative solutions. Followed by three firestarter pitches from Senni Alho (Clim-Eat), Yvette de Haas (WUR), and Ward Mosmuller (dsm-firmenich), we brainstormed individually and explored together the potential for methane mitigation in the run up to COP 30 through the lens of existing opportunities and those that need to be created. The session closed with synthesizing remarks and a networking lunch.

Key participants reflected on their lessons of the workshop in this video. 

For the full meeting report and the presentations, please click the download link above.