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…
The UK and Italy have their work cut out for them if as co-hosts they are to rescue COP 26 from disaster – and with it, life on earth. This is not hyperbole or hysteria. Pledges to cut emissions are…
In a recent webinar with dozens of other professionals working in the sector of environmental protection, I asked the question : if so many of us are working to save the environment, how come the environment is getting worse every…
Author and journalist Carlo Pizzati interviewed me last month for La Repubblica, one of Italy’s most-read daily national newspapers. I discussed India’s energy policy which unfortunately supports the $55 billion investment in new coal-fired power. India does not need to mine…
As we wrote here, WBA has been busy writing to Environment Ministers of top emitters and countries with the greatest biogas’ potential to ensure they include biogas in their climate plans. At least six months before the UN Climate Summit,…
The EU is being urged to set a binding target for 11% green gases in the grid by 2030, amounting to around 500 TWh. Under the proposal, biomethane will deliver 360TWh (8%) and renewable hydrogen 140TWh (3%), in line with…
Communiqué de Presse Read the english version Pleins feux sur la France au Sommet Mondial du Biogaz 2020 avec Stéphane Le Foll et Edouard Sauvage La perspective française sur le biogaz sera présentée par le Maire du Mans et ancien…
Press release Lire la version française Spotlight on France at the 2020 World Biogas Summit with Stéphane Le Foll and Edouard Sauvage The French perspective on biogas will be presented by the Mayor of Le Mans and former Minister of…