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

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“This is an outstanding resource—comprehensive, well-structured, and scientifically grounded. It captures both the complexity of the challenge and the pathways toward impactful, scalable solutions. It will be invaluable for guiding research, policy, and investment in enteric methane mitigation.”
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~ Dr. Karen Beauchemin, Enteric Methane Accelerator Science Oversight Committee, Global Methane Hub

“Spark Climate's work and enteric emissions roadmap has changed the way we invest in and think about climate change. Thanks to their vision and expertise, we now believe that enteric emissions is one the most hopeful and cost-effective ways to reduce near-term emissions to avoid devastating climate tipping points. Spark has expertise on the solutions themselves, but also the market making and ancillary activities needed to implement these solutions at scale.”
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‍~ Cyril Yee, Director, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment

“We need groundbreaking technologies to reduce methane, and this report lays out the state of the art of what we have and what is in the pipeline beautifully. Extremely useful to set the stage when we talk to governments as well, because regardless of the country, there is work to do to create an environment at the country level to scale and adopt these technologies, to adjust the technologies to different realities (e.g., pasture-based), to support local research in these areas, etc.”
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~ Dr. Fernanda Ferreira, Agricultural Methane Director, Clean Air Task Force

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