{"id":3294,"date":"2024-11-15T17:59:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T09:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=3294"},"modified":"2026-08-15T18:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:08:00","slug":"methane-mitigation-efforts-and-prospects-in-china","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/insights\/methane-mitigation-efforts-and-prospects-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Methane Mitigation Efforts and Prospects in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3294\" class=\"elementor elementor-3294\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a051d7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a051d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a72b3d8\" data-id=\"a72b3d8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e095b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-igdp_insight_detail_hero\" data-id=\"1e095b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"igdp_insight_detail_hero.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row-report1\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cur cur1\">\n\t\t<a href=\"\/\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<i>\/<\/i>\n\t\t<a href=\"\/insights\/\">Insights<\/a>\n\t\t<i>\/<\/i>\n\t\t<span>Methane Mitigation Efforts and Prospects in China<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"m-report1 wow fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tit\">Methane Mitigation Efforts and Prospects in China<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"line\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon3.svg);\">English, Chinese<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon4.svg);\">NOV 2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon5.svg);\">Policy Brief<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background-image: url(\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/MyBasicTheme\/images\/igdp\/product\/icon6.svg);\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span\">Beyond Carbon<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span\">Climate-Food<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span\">GAAP<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span2\">Summary:<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span3\">This policy brief analyzes methane (CH\u2084) emissions in China\u2014the second-largest greenhouse gas and a potent short-lived climate pollutant\u2014focusing on emission trends, policy frameworks, and sector-specific mitigation opportunities. It reviews global methane initiatives (Global Methane Pledge, the U.S.-China Sunnylands Statement), summarizes China&#039;s Methane Emission Control Action Plan (2023) and related policies, and examines mitigation potentials across energy (coal mine gas utilization), agriculture (livestock feed management, rice cultivation practices), and waste (landfill gas recovery, wastewater treatment) sectors. It identifies key opportunities including the revised coal mine methane emission standard, low-concentration CMM CCER methodology, and the expansion of voluntary carbon markets, while noting challenges such as the high cost of low-concentration methane utilization and diffuse agricultural emissions.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span2\">Suggested citation:<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"span3\">Zhu, Tongxin. (2024).\u00a0Methane Mitigation Efforts and Prospects in China\u00a0(Policy Brief). 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class=\"picbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pic\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000x1351-768x519.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000x1351-768x519.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000x1351-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000x1351-1024x692.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000x1351-1536x1038.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000x1351.webp 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/res.cenews.com.cn\/hjw\/news.html?aid=1800064\" class=\"con\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tit\">A Reduction Capacity of 30 Million Tonnes of CO\u2082 Equivalent to Be Developed: Non-CO\u2082 Greenhouse Gas Control Accelerates Nationwide | Decoding Climate Plans\u2460<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">Recently, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, in collaboration with the National Development and Reform Commission and 18 other departments, jointly issued the \u201cNational 15th Five-Year Plan for Climate Change Response,\u201d establishing for the first time a comprehensive, all-encompassing system of climate change response targets at the five-year planning level.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span1\">Interview<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">JUL 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"picbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pic\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-12-at-10.09.10-PM-e1787129378935-768x510.jpg\" 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and climate impact of food loss and waste (FLW) in China. It analyzes the uneven distribution of FLW across supply chain stages and food types, highlighting that while vegetables account for the largest share of losses, livestock products carry disproportionately high emissions intensity. The paper reviews China&#039;s evolving policy landscape, including the Anti-Food Waste Law and cold chain development initiatives, while identifying critical gaps in data infrastructure, sustainable cold chain coverage, and consumer behavior interventions. It explores the dual role of cold chain logistics\u2014reducing post-harvest losses while contributing significant energy-related and refrigerant emissions\u2014and assesses the potential of business innovations, public engagement, and food waste valorization to mitigate FLW. The paper calls for integrating FLW reduction into climate governance frameworks, proposing four priority pathways: establishing systematic FLW data systems, advancing sustainable cold chain solutions, strengthening circular utilization of food waste, and promoting green consumption patterns to unlock a cost-effective, high-potential climate mitigation opportunity.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span1\">Working Paper<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">JUN 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"picbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-12.58.09-PM-768x1084.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-12.58.09-PM-768x1084.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-12.58.09-PM-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-12.58.09-PM-725x1024.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-12.58.09-PM-1088x1536.jpg 1088w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-07-at-12.58.09-PM.jpg 1132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cenews.com.cn\/h5hjb\/news\/news.html?id=1758469\" class=\"con\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tit\">The \u201cHidden Carbon Footprint\u201d Behind Our Plates: Food Supply Chain Emission Reduction Is Imperative<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">At the meeting, expert representatives from sectors such as cold-chain logistics, carbon management, and the food industry discussed the key challenges in reducing emissions along the supply chain and explored pathways for transformation that deliver both environmental benefits and economic value.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span1\">Interview<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">DEC 2025<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"picbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/1112\u755c\u79bd\u4f4e\u78b3\u517b\u6b96\u7684\u521b\u65b0\u8def\u5f84\u4e0e\u6311\u6218\u7ebf\u4e0a\u8ba8\u8bba\u4f1a-768x499.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/1112\u755c\u79bd\u4f4e\u78b3\u517b\u6b96\u7684\u521b\u65b0\u8def\u5f84\u4e0e\u6311\u6218\u7ebf\u4e0a\u8ba8\u8bba\u4f1a-768x499.png 768w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/1112\u755c\u79bd\u4f4e\u78b3\u517b\u6b96\u7684\u521b\u65b0\u8def\u5f84\u4e0e\u6311\u6218\u7ebf\u4e0a\u8ba8\u8bba\u4f1a-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/1112\u755c\u79bd\u4f4e\u78b3\u517b\u6b96\u7684\u521b\u65b0\u8def\u5f84\u4e0e\u6311\u6218\u7ebf\u4e0a\u8ba8\u8bba\u4f1a-1024x665.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/1112\u755c\u79bd\u4f4e\u78b3\u517b\u6b96\u7684\u521b\u65b0\u8def\u5f84\u4e0e\u6311\u6218\u7ebf\u4e0a\u8ba8\u8bba\u4f1a-1536x998.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/1112\u755c\u79bd\u4f4e\u78b3\u517b\u6b96\u7684\u521b\u65b0\u8def\u5f84\u4e0e\u6311\u6218\u7ebf\u4e0a\u8ba8\u8bba\u4f1a.png 1672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/en\/insights\/agri-food-and-super-pollutants-reduction-in-china-accelerating-a-green-and-low-carbon-transition-to-unlock-co-benefits\/\" class=\"con\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tit\">Agri-Food Super Pollutants Reduction in China<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desc\">This policy brief analyzes reduction opportunities for &quot;super pollutants&quot; (methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, black carbon, and ground-level ozone) from China&#039;s agri-food system. It focuses on three key areas: nitrogen fertilizer use and nitrous oxide emissions, food loss and waste and associated methane emissions, and rural energy use and black carbon emissions from cooking and agricultural machinery. It synthesizes scientific literature, official statistics, and policy documents to quantify emissions, identify mitigation potential, and catalog the climate, health, economic, and social co-benefits of action. It finds that super pollutant mitigation offers &quot;triple-win&quot; outcomes\u2014climate, health, and socioeconomic\u2014and identifies three emerging opportunities: supportive national and provincial policies, expanding green finance and carbon market mechanisms, and the growing role of new agricultural business entities in driving technology adoption at scale.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"span1\">Policy Brief<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">NOV 2025<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"picbox\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-4.18.50-PM-768x1133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-4.18.50-PM-768x1133.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-4.18.50-PM-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-4.18.50-PM-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-4.18.50-PM-1041x1536.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.igdp.cn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-08-18-at-4.18.50-PM.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This policy brief analyzes methane (CH\u2084) emissions in China\u2014the second-largest greenhouse gas and a potent short-lived climate pollutant\u2014focusing on emission trends, policy frameworks, and sector-specific mitigation opportunities. It reviews global methane initiatives (Global Methane Pledge, the U.S.-China Sunnylands Statement), summarizes China&#8217;s Methane Emission Control Action Plan (2023) and related policies, and examines mitigation potentials across energy (coal mine gas utilization), agriculture (livestock feed management, rice cultivation practices), and waste (landfill gas recovery, wastewater treatment) sectors. It identifies key opportunities including the revised coal mine methane emission standard, low-concentration CMM CCER methodology, and the expansion of voluntary carbon markets, while noting challenges such as the high cost of low-concentration methane utilization and diffuse agricultural emissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3295,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"igdp_summary":"This policy brief analyzes methane (CH\u2084) emissions in China\u2014the second-largest greenhouse gas and a potent short-lived climate pollutant\u2014focusing on emission trends, policy frameworks, and sector-specific mitigation opportunities. It reviews global methane initiatives (Global Methane Pledge, the U.S.-China Sunnylands Statement), summarizes China's Methane Emission Control Action Plan (2023) and related policies, and examines mitigation potentials across energy (coal mine gas utilization), agriculture (livestock feed management, rice cultivation practices), and waste (landfill gas recovery, wastewater treatment) sectors. 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