Science to Policy to Practice: Accelerating Livestock Climate Solutions
Climate Week NYC 2025
Wednesday, 9/24 | 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Cornell Tech – Tata Innovation Center, 5th Floor
Join the Waitlist (Livestream)
Hosts: Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Clean Air Task Force, Environmental Defense Fund, The Nature Conservancy
Cornell University, in partnership with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Clean Air Task Force (CATF), and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), will showcase how strategic cross-sector collaboration is transforming livestock methane research into real-world climate solutions. This convening will explore the critical pathways from scientific innovation to policy implementation to on-farm practice, featuring expert panels on solution development, implementation challenges, and measurement systems that drive accountability.
Key discussions will examine the power of cross stakeholder collaboration and how it can support rigorous research to develop and scale technologies, inform effective policy frameworks, and accelerate farmer adoption of innovations. We will also discuss the role of corporate engagement and financial institutions in scaling solutions, and the practical realities of bringing methane mitigation technologies from the lab to the field, including the critical measurement of their impact. Attendees will gain insights into overcoming barriers across the research-to-impact pipeline and the essential role of philanthropic funding in accelerating livestock climate solutions at scale.
Speakers:
- Jonathan Banks, Clean Air Task Force
- Patrick Beary, Cornell University
- Bidisha Bhattacharyya, Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation (PACT)
- Charles Brooke, Spark Climate
- Britt Groosman, Environmental Defense Fund
- Mario Herrero, Cornell University
- Miel Hostens, Cornell University
- Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund
- David M. Lodge, Cornell University
- Mark van Nieuwland, DSM-Firmenich
- Diana Reyes Gomez, Cornell University
- John Tauzel, Environmental Defense Fund
- Mike Wironen, The Nature Conservancy