Regional Climate Foundation

Cut Methane Now: A City Action Lab for Organic Waste, Health and Justice

Regional Climate Foundation
  • Event date
November 10, 2026 | Tuesday
  • Time
12:30 to
13:30
  • Description

Methane from landfilled and openly dumped organic waste is a fast-moving climate problem with immediate health, heat, odour, fire, and livelihood impacts. This interactive Action Lab will connect city officials, community and waste-worker leaders, and climate-finance practitioners across regions.

Three short field stories will be followed by a facilitated systems-mapping exercise covering food-waste prevention, source separation, collection, composting and other locally appropriate treatment, data, finance, and safeguards. The objective is to move from end-of-pipe methane claims to implementable, prevention-led city programmes that cut emissions while improving public health and creating dignified local work. Participants will leave with a 90-day action canvas linking policy, finance, community ownership, and measurable methane outcomes.

  • Speakers

Moderator: Cecilia Allen, Global Zero Waste Cities Program Lead, GAIA (she/her)

Context setting remarks: Manjyot Kaur Ahluwalia, Asia Regional Lead, Global Methane Hub (she/her)

Panelists:

  • Representative of an Indonesia national government working on source-separated organic waste and methane mitigation; Agus Rusly, Director of Waste Reduction, Ministry of Environment (he/his)
  • Community, waste-worker, or zero-waste practitioner; Aloja Santos, Philippines National Waste Workers’ Alliance (PNWWA)/International Alliance of Waste Picker (IAWP) (she/her)
  • City or regional practitioner with implementation experience in organic waste prevention, separate collection, and composting; Zakiyus Shadicky, Research Manager, Dietplastik Indonesia (he/his)
  • Avoiding Food Waste in Outdoor Markets in Chile, Fundación Basura, Executive Director (she/her)
  • Climate-finance or methane expert from a philanthropic, research, or technical institution; Tiza Mafira, Director, Climate Policy Initiatives (she/her)
  • Organizers

Dietplastik Indonesia (lead applicant); Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives/GAIA (co-organising partner)