Climate Change Division
News and Features
Methane to Markets Partnership Expo Advances New Clean-Energy Projects
The Methane to Markets Partnership Expo, the premier international forum for promoting methane recovery-and-use project opportunities and technologies, was held in Beijing, China from October 30 to November 1, 2007. Over 700 participants from 34 countries - representing government, private sector, and non-governmental organizations - shared expertise and developed strategies to advance cost-effective, near-term projects to reduce methane emissions. The Expo celebrated the third anniversary of the Methane to Markets Partnership.
For more information about the Partnership and the Expo, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/methanetomarkets or http://www.methanetomarkets.org/expo.
U.S. EPA’s Climate Change Division works to assess and address global climate change and the associated risks to human health and the environment. We play a key role in U.S. and international efforts to address climate change by:
- implementing successful voluntary programs to reduce non-carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions,
- analyzing rigorously CO2 and non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions and economically efficient reduction, sequestration, and adaptation options,
- communicating climate analyses and strategies to policy-makers, experts and U.S. climate negotiators,
- building effective international capacity to analyze and reduce GHG emissions and associated air pollution, and
- educating the public on climate change.
Voluntary Programs
Domestic Methane Programs
- AgSTAR Program
- Coalbed Methane Outreach Program
- Landfill Methane Outreach Program
- Natural Gas STAR Program
High-GWP Gases Programs
- Electric Power Systems
- PFC Reduction/Climate Partnership for the Semiconductor Industry
- SF6 Emission Reduction Partnership for the Magnesium Industry
- Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership (VAIP)
International Programs
For information on other EPA voluntary GHG programs such as ENERGY STAR and Climate Leaders, please visit http://www.epa.gov/cppd/