Shareen Yawanarajah

Shareen Yawanarajah

Director, Global Energy Transition Environmental Defense Fund

Main Conference Day 1: Wednesday, June 3, 2026

13:20 (E) Leadership Roundtable: Scaling Methane Emissions Technologies in Developing Countries in Oil and Gas

The technology to slash methane emissions exists — but deployment across many large emitters is far behind. Our research in Central Asia and Asia Pacific identified 15 barriers. Most aren't technical: import bans on detection equipment, overstated baselines that remove the incentive to act, and the region's largest gas buyer imposing zero emissions requirements on its suppliers. Join a provocative leadership roundtable to stress-test what's really blocking scale. Proven technologies exist. Market and non-market barriers prevent them from having impact.

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