Short-Lived Climate Forcers - MARAMA

Global Methane Activities• UNFCCC• Included in “Kyoto Basket” of GHGs• Not in the EU Trading System• Global Methane Initiative• Expanding scope beyond marketable methane recovery• Encouraging development of National Action Plans• UNEP: Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone(http://www.unep.org/dewa/Portals/67/pdf/Black_Carbon.pdf)• U.S. and European countries engaged in discussions aboutpossible technical work on methane under LRTAPU.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Office of Air and Radiation14