On Earth Day (21 April), weeks after re-integrating the US into the Paris Agreement fold, US President Joe Biden announced that his country was committing to reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by over 50% from 2005 levels by 2030.…
On 29th April, WBA held a webinar on the EU Taxonomy, to better understand and anticipate how the biogas industry would be affected by patterns emerging in sustainable finance and investment. It showcased a rich blend of perspectives from expert speakers…
Tackling methane emissions caused by human activity is the most ‘immediate and cost-effective’ way to deliver the Paris Agreement target to keep global warming below 2C, ideally 1.5C. That is the conclusion of an in-depth report from the United Nations Environment…
Since launching in 2014, Vanguard Renewables has blazed a trail in forging strategic alliances with farm associations, utilities and the food industry including Starbucks and Unilever. The company has rewritten the farm-based biogas production rulebook. At the World Biogas Summit (July 8th) company founder and…
In 2020 there was a record-breaking rise in global methane emissions, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has revealed. NOAA’s preliminary analysis showed the annual increase in atmospheric methane was 14.7 parts per billion (ppb), the largest annual…
The South African Biogas Association (SABIA) and the World Biogas Association (WBA) have sent a joint letter to the South African Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Creecy, urging her to help integrate biogas and its environmental benefits into…
Brazil’s government and industry — with support from the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation — are teaming-up on GEF Biogás Brasil, a project to advance the biogas sector. They hosted a webinar in March to launch the project’s “Tropicalization Programe.”…
The World Biogas Association (WBA) today launched a report highlighting the opportunity to rapidly cut the methane emissions from the huge volume of organic wastes generated annually by human activity, using the knowledge and technology that is available today. Human…
The Southern African Biogas Industry Association (SABIA) launched their market position paper last month. The paper demonstrates the potential of the South African biogas sector to create 30,000 jobs, reduce the national greenhouse emissions by 2% and attract 50 billion Rand of investments. David Newman, President…
Signatories to the WBA’s Biogas Industry and Climate Change Declaration of November 2019 gathered on 11 February for a virtual roundtable to discuss how best to represent biogas at the forthcoming COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow in November. At the…