In this episode, we introduce our listeners to some of the world’s methane hunters, environmental detectives who use cutting-edge technology to detect and quantify methane emissions, making an invisible gas, visible. We embark on a methane hunting expedition of our own and talk to the coordinator of one of the world’s largest methane studies on the difference between estimated and measured emissions in the oil and gas sector.
Host:
The show is presented by: Francesca Fazey
Affiliation:
The show is brought to you by: The 2Celsius Association
Resource List:
1. Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
2. International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO)
3. International Energy Agency (IEA)
5. United Nations Global Methane Pledge
6. Rocky Mountain Institute Climate Program
7. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
9. Greenhouse Gas Laboratory, University of Royal Holloway
10. Romanian Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas
11. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, USA
12. NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, Washington DC
Contributors:
Raul Cazan, Founder of The 2Celsius Association, Bucharest, Romania
Kim O’Dowd, Campaigner at The Environmental Investigation Agency, London, UK
Dr Roland Kupers, Global Advisor to the United Nations Environment Programme’s International Methane Emissions Observatory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Deborah Gordon, Senior Fellow, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University; Senior Principal at the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) Climate Program, Washington DC, USA
Dr Philippe Ciais, Associate Director, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), Paris, France
Théophile Humann-Guilleminot, Campaign Manager, Clean Air Task Force ,Athens Greece
Dr Dave Lowry, Reader: Stable Isotope and Greenhouse Gas, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Royal Holloway, London UK
Dr Rebecca Fisher: Reader: Atmospheric Methane, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Royal Holloway, London UK
Dr Thoman Roeckmann, Professor of Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Professor Jonathan Stern, Distinguished Research Fellow, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, UK
Melanie Kenderdine, Principal, Energy Futures Initiative, Washington DC, USA