Methane Action for People & Planet
From Discovery to Solutions
European Commission - Joint Research Centre Ispra, Italy
30 March - 2 April, 2026
Methane (CH₄) is turbocharging global warming
Methane traps
more heat than CO₂ in the near term for the same amount
The opportunity to cut methane is now. As we mark 250 years since methane's discovery, it's
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The Conference
Scientists + Policymakers + Innovators
Together for Methane Action
Join global leaders in methane science, policy, and innovation at the Methane Action for People & Planet: From Discovery to Solutions. This landmark event marks 250 years since Alessandro Volta’s discovery of methane in 1776 at Lago Maggiore. The conference will look to build on the scientific accomplishments up to the present to chart a path for methane's future.
This conference will bring together leading scientists and policy makers to highlight the latest science on methane emission, monitoring and solutions—and the policy and technology steps needed to rapidly cut methane emissions.
Featured Speakers
Just some of the group of leading scientists, business leaders, and policymakers joining the conference.
Martina Otto
Climate and Clean Air Coalition @UNEP
Steven Hamburg
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Chris Konek
Global Methane Hub
Philippe Ciais
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement
Ruth Zugman Do Coutto
UN Environment Programme
Helen Spence-Jackson
Environmental Defense Fund Europe
Brendan Devlin
European Commission
Stefan Schwietzke
UNEP's International Methane Emissions Observatory
Marielle Saunois
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
Ben Poulter
Spark Climate Solutions
Daniel J. Jacob
Harvard University
Ilissa Ocko
Spark Climate Solutions
Jack McQuibban
Zero Waste Europe
Carles Debart
GHGSat
Alex Turner
University of Washington
Kenzie Huffman
Carbon Mapper
Sparkle Malone
Yale School of the Environment
Euan Nisbet
Royal Holloway, Univ. of London
Deborah Gordon
RMI
Jonathan Banks
Clean Air Task Force
Gabrielle Dreyfus
Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
Xin (Lindsay) Lan
University of Colorado Boulder
Lisa Y. Stein
University of Alberta
Roxana Petrescu
CMCC (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change)
Denise Mulholland
UN Economic Commission for Europe
Shushi Peng
Peking University
Danie Monteverde Potocek
Spark Climate Solutions
Giulia Zazzeri
Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE S.p.A.
Greet Janssens-Maenhout
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
David Lyon
Environmental Defense Fund
Jean-Francois Lamarque
Three Cairns Group
Zhen Zhang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Stefania Abakerli
World Bank
Oksana Tarasova
World Meteorological Organization
Jennifer D. Watts
Woodwell Climate Research Center
Andreea Calcan
United Nations Environment Programme
Adalberto Maluf
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil
Thomas Röckmann
Utrecht University
Ritesh Gautam
Environmental Defense Fund
N'Datchoh E. TOURE
University Felix Houphouet-Boigny Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
Juliana Almeida
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)