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This briefing provides an overview of 27 country NDCs and National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs), along with the EUs NDC, outlining how they address agricultural methane, the largest source of global methane emissions and the least regulated sector.

The climate emergency is escalating, yet Big Ag industry actors continue to push misleading narratives to undermine climate action as outlined in this briefing.

This report, focuses on accountability, examining whether investors treat agricultural methane as a material climate and financial risk, and whether their strategies reflect this. Drawing on publicly available disclosures, we assessed investor practice across two key areas: integration of methane into investment and risk frameworks, and engagement with high-methane sectors, building on two previous reports on this topic.

This briefing represents an update of Changing Market’s Seeing Stars report (2023), based on FOI requests in Ireland, New Zealand, Europe and Northern Ireland.

As Brazil prepares to host the 30th conference of the parties of UNFCCC (COP30) in heart of the Amazon, the country is positioning itself as a global climate leader with ambitious emissions reduction targets of 59-67% by 2035. Under President Lula, there have been laudable achievements: deforestation fell to the lowest rate in nearly a decade in 2024, significant progress after the acceleration under President Bolsonaro, and the government has made meaningful advances in hunger reduction.

Commissioned by the Methane Matters Coalition, this report examines the current status of the biogas industry in the European Union, along with 7 country case studies.

A policy and financial analysis by Profundo of EU policies and the policies of the UK, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland and Romania, commissioned by the Methane Matters Coalition.

To investigate and visualise the issue of leakages further, Changing Markets Foundation and Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) inspected two biogas plants in Denmark, which both have connections to the country’s biggest dairy cooperative, Arla. Working with a thermo-imaging expert, the team used industry-standard inspection instruments.

Our findings reinforce existing evidence of the systemic risks posed by methane leakages in biogas production. By providing visual documentation, we were able to reveal what is typically hidden and enhance understanding of the potential significant climate impact of methane emissions from agriculture.

New analysis finds twenty of the world’s biggest food retailers fail to get to grips with massive methane emissions in their supply chains, despite meat and dairy making up an estimated one third of their total emissions. In an assessment of their methane reductions across 18 indicators, 19 of the top 20 major food retailers analysed secured less than half of the total points available. Only Tesco scraped past the halfway mark with a ‘top’ score of 51/100.