WHEN
12pm AEDT, Thursday 9 November 2023
WHERE
Zoom – register to receive the link
CONTACT
Peter Holding
[email protected]
Methane and Global Warming Potential (GWP): What’s the latest and why it matters to the livestock industry
As Australia marks the one-year anniversary of signing the Global Methane Pledge we explore the industry’s increasing focus on Global Warming Potential (GWP) reporting metrics.
GWP* and GWP100 – what do they actually mean? Why is industry looking at a dual reporting metric for methane emissions and how would it impact agriculture policy? Join us for an in-depth conversation with:
- Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Richard Eckard, from the University of Melbourne and Director of the Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, and
- Professor Mark Howden, Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions at the Australian National University and Vice Chair of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
We’ll discuss all things methane, metrics, the state of play for Australian methane levels, how much we need to reduce them by, and by when – with plenty of time for Q+As.
Speakers
Professor Mark Howden
Professor Mark Howden is the Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions at The Australian National University. He is also an Honorary Professor at Melbourne University, a Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and the Chair of the ACT Climate Change Council.
Mark has worked on climate variability, climate change, innovation and adoption issues for over 30 years. He has been a major contributor to the IPCC since 1991, with roles in the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and now Seventh Assessment Reports, sharing the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with other IPCC participants and Al Gore.
Professor Richard Eckard
Richard Eckard is Professor of Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, a research centre addressing the impacts of a changing climate on agriculture. His research focuses on sustainable agricultural production, with a recent focus on carbon neutral agriculture and options for agriculture to respond to a changing climate.
Richard developed the first greenhouse gas accounting tools for agriculture with his research and expertise provided the science basis for the development of six carbon offset methods in Australia.
He is a science advisor to the Australian, New Zealand (MPI, NZAGRC) and UK (ADAS) governments, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), UN FAO and EU (ERA-GAS and ERA-NET), on climate change adaptation, mitigation research and policy development in agriculture. He is a network leader in the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gasses. He is a member of the newly formed Victorian Agriculture and Climate Change Council and sits on numerous government and industry advisory committees.
Richard has published over 150 peer reviewed papers, with 80 peer-reviewed papers, 7 book chapters, and 140 conference papers on climate change, carbon farming and agriculture since 2010.
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