EEMDL Announces Date and Venue for 2024 Annual Event in Downtown Austin, TX
Austin, Texas, Jan. 30, 2024 – The Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL), an initiative of three U.S. universities to improve the accuracy of greenhouse gas emissions measurement and accounting, will hold its 2024 Annual Event on October 22-23.
The event will be held at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center on the main campus of The University of Texas at Austin. A forthcoming announcement will be made when registration officially opens. In the meantime, however, interested parties are encouraged to save the date and subscribe for updates at the EEMDL 2024 Annual Event page.
EEMDL’s first annual event, held in October 2023, drew hundreds of professionals working on data-driven climate strategies across the public and private sectors, both in the U.S. and internationally.
Speakers at EEMDL’s inaugural annual event included senior officials with the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. State Department and the UN Environment Programme, alongside leading academics, technology vendors, industry officials and non-profit organizations.
EEMDL’s 2024 Annual Event will bring together experts and decisionmakers to discuss the latest developments in emissions inventories, methane regulations, differentiated gas markets and the global LNG trade.
This work has taken on new urgency, following an agreement reached at United Nations climate talks late last year to accelerate global methane emission reductions between now and 2030. In a related development, a coalition of the world’s largest oil and natural gas producers – representing more than 40% of global production – have pledged to achieve near-zero methane emissions from their upstream operations by the end of the decade. And global policymakers, notably in the U.S. and European Union, are developing ambitious new policies and regulations that hinge upon the effective measurement and mitigation of emissions across the value chain.
Major cuts in methane emissions from oil and gas supply chains could slow the pace of climate change more than any other practical step the world takes in the short term. But governments and private-sector entities need better Monitoring, Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MMRV) tools to identify and prioritize the biggest methane reduction opportunities and track their progress with credibility and transparency.
EEMDL – a joint research initiative of The University of Texas at Austin, Colorado State University and the Colorado School of Mines – is combining the power of big data, decades of operational expertise and peer-reviewed science to build those MMRV tools.
In addition to reviewing the latest computer-models, data-science solutions and other MMRV tools, EEMDL’s 2024 Annual Event will explore the trends, challenges and opportunities associated with converting ambitious methane reduction goals into real and verifiable methane cuts.
ABOUT EEMDL
The Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL) is a multi-disciplinary research and education center with a mission to be the global data and analytics hub to support improved greenhouse gas emissions accounting across energy supply chains.
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