Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Time: 12:00-15:00
Place: Social Democratic Party group room, Christiansborg
Host: Malte Larsen (S), chairman of the Danish Parliament's Climate, Energy and Utilities Committee
Moderator: Anja Bo, journalist

Methane is responsible for about 30 percent of global warming today. In contrast to CO2, which has an atmospheric lifetime of several hundred years, methane breaks down in 10-12 years, but is 80 times more potent over a period of 20 years. Therefore, methane reductions today can significantly slow global warming already this decade.

At COP26 in 2021, Denmark signed the 'Global Methane Pledge' – a global pledge to reduce methane by at least 30 percent by 2030 compared to 2020, including the preparation of national methane reduction plans. At the same time, the EU launched the world's first regulation in 2024 to address methane emissions in the energy sector. Denmark is the first member state to have fully implemented this.

On this occasion, the Green Transition Denmark brings together researchers, politicians, investors and civil society to focus on methane reductions as one of the most effective tools to achieve our short-term climate goals – and on Denmark's opportunity to take international leadership.

See the conference program below, or download on the right side of the page.

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

12:00-12: 10 – Welcome 
v. Malte Larsen (S), chairman of the Danish Parliament's Climate, Energy and Utilities Committee, and Anja Bo, moderator 

12:10-12:15 – Framework: Why do we need to talk about methane now? 
v. Britt Dam, climate and energy advisor, Green Transition Denmark 

12:15-12:35 – Why is methane the key to rapid climate reductions? 
v. Jesper Riis Christiansen, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences and Nature Management, Forest and Landscape Ecology, University of Copenhagen

METHANE REDUCTIONS IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

12:35-13:30 – Panel debate: How can agriculture reduce methane emissions? 
Perspectives and methods from conventional and organic agriculture as well as animal welfare

• Frank Willem Oudshoorn, chief researcher, dr.ir., Innovation Center for Organic Agriculture
• Hans Roust Thysen, climate manager, Agriculture & Food
• Sophie Hastrup Christensen, Chief Agricultural Policy Consultant, Animal Welfare 

13:30-13: 45 - Pause

METHANE REDUCTIONS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR 

13:45-14:00 – Presentation: Methane reductions in the energy sector – a cost-effective path to rapid reductions 
v. Britt Dam, climate and energy advisor, Green Transition Denmark and

Ebru Berra Ekici, clerk/legal officer at the Danish Energy Agency, who wants to share experiences on Danish implementation of the EU's methane regulation – Denmark as the first member state to have fully implemented it.

14:00-14:45 – Panel debate: Denmark's role in global methane reductions 
How can Denmark maintain its leading position and ensure effective reductions? 

• Henrik Frandsen (M), climate, energy and supply spokesman
• Jesper Riis Christiansen, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences and Nature Management, Forest and Landscape Ecology, University of Copenhagen
• Renée Tengberg, ESG Director, Climate and Nature, Responsible Investments – Nordea Asset Management
• Soren Egge Rasmussen (EL), Energy, Utilities and Agriculture Rapporteur 

14:45-15:00 – Rounding off and summarizing v. Green Transition Denmark