1、Biogas:Pathways to 2030 woRLD Biogas assoCiatioN1worldbiogasassociation.orgBiogas:Pathways to 2030 If we do not address methane emissions from organic wastes all our efgorts to tackle the climate crisis will fail.Anaerobic digestion is one of the ready to go,ready to scale technologies that can do t
2、his.The path we must take is clear.David Newman,PresidentWorld Biogas AssociationSponsorsBiogas:Pathways to 2030 woRLD Biogas assoCiatioN2March 2021Lead Author Dr Nick Primmer ContributorsWBA Policy,Innovation and Technical Committee(PITC):Dr Amaya Arias-GarciaDr Gary ConboyElena DorigoDr Liron Frie
3、dmanOlivier GrauwinDr Daniel LeeDr Keith Simons(Chair)Jonas SvendsenWorld Biogas Association(WBA):Jon Hughes(Editor)Charlotte Morton(Chief Executive)David Newman(President)Rebecca Thompson(Snr Policy Analyst)Biogas:Pathways to 2030 woRLD Biogas assoCiatioN3Now is the time of actFor decades,scientist
4、s have been warning the world about climate change.Yet,it was only in 2015 that 196 countries fjnally adopted a legally binding international treaty on climate change,the Paris Agreement,to limit global warming to well below 2C,preferably to 1.5C,compared to pre-industrial levels by end of the centu
5、ry.To meet this target,the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC)say a 45%cut in global greenhouse gas(GHG)emissions against 2010 levels is required by 2030.Current nations climate plans,or Nationally Determined Contributions(NDCs),deliver a hopeless 1%according to an interim NDC Synthesis
6、Report of the UNFCCC published in March 2021,almost six years from the adoption of the Paris Agreement.We are now rapidly running out of time.In August 2020,we passed one of the many tipping points we have been warned against-the melting of Greenlands ice sheet is believed to have reached a point of