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Livestock are the largest source of human-driven methane emissions—and the only major source without widely deployable solutions yet. Promising approaches like feed additives, genetic selection, and vaccines are emerging, while early-stage research on frontier solutions holds additional potential. But the innovation landscape is complex.

The Livestock Enteric Methane Mitigation Roadmap is designed to help demystify the innovation landscape for this sector. The roadmap:

• Examines the current pipeline of enteric methane mitigation solutions and evaluates each approach against a clear set of criteria—mitigation potential, safety, cost, social acceptance, productivity impacts, suitability for pasture-based systems, and development timelines.
• Analyzes factors currently holding back different solutions—from technical and regulatory hurdles to market barriers—and identifies actions needed to unlock faster progress.

By providing a clear guide to the potential of different solutions opportunities, we aim to accelerate targeted investment and progress in research, development, and scaling for the largest source of human-driven methane emissions.