Reducing methane emissions from the waste sector is a fast, cost-effective climate strategy – but local action is often hindered by limited actionable data and financial resources. By putting advanced tools such as the Waste Methane Assessment Platform (WasteMAP) directly into the hands of decision-makers, countries, cities, and development financiers can better prioritize resources, evaluate mitigation options, and establish credible monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems. Together, these innovations strengthen the foundation for more transparent, effective, and equitable methane mitigation efforts worldwide.
Join speakers from RMI, GMH, Carbon Mapper, and IDB for a webinar launching new features on the Waste Methane Assessment Platform – with live demo, explore new emissions data, and find out how data, technology, and finance are supporting local methane mitigation in the waste sector.
WasteMAP is continuously incorporating satellite-based methane observations to support transparency in emissions tracking. Recent advancements in high-resolution satellite technology, such as GHGSat and Planet’s Tanager-1 satellite, offer new opportunities to identify methane hotspots at the facility level, including landfills and dumpsites. The webinar includes a deep dive into the latest satellite data with special guest Tia Scarpelli of Carbon Mapper.
Then hear from Magda Carolina Correal of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a key partner in advancing WasteMAP’s impact across Latin America and the Caribbean in scaling digital solutions for waste methane mitigation. IDB and RMI are among several organizations that co-signed the Joint Declaration on the Digital Transformation and Data Enhancement in Solid Waste and Circular Economy, which affirms a shared commitment to strengthening data systems, enabling digital innovation, and supporting open-access tools like WasteMAP to help achieve circular economy and climate goals across the region.
Backed by funders such as the Global Methane Hub and Google.org, WasteMAP bridges tech innovation with on-the-ground action, building capacity in underserved regions.
The Waste Methane Assessment Platform (WasteMAP) provides data and resources including landscape assessments, technical assistance memos, and strategy playbooks that are custom-tailored for specific regions to help waste management officials, municipalities, policy makers, and other key decision makers reduce methane emissions from landfills and dumpsites.
This open-access web tool aims to create greater transparency on methane emissions data from solid waste while providing waste authorities — and the public — with actionable insights to reduce methane emissions in their communities.
