Recycle Organics Rallies Global Partners to Scale Methane Action

National and local representatives, technical experts and global partners came together in Brazil to chart the next phase of waste-sector climate action

As the new year begins, attention is shifting toward actions that can deliver near-term climate benefits. Reducing powerful greenhouse gases like methane offers a critical opportunity for quick and meaningful mitigation, particularly by moving beyond pledges to practical solutions in high-impact sectors like waste. 

While nearly 160 countries have signed the Global Methane Pledge, few have moved beyond commitments to implement sector-specific solutions. The message remains clear: with the world now on course to exceed the 1.5°C limit, underrepresented sectors such as waste must move higher on the climate agenda. Addressing waste is still one of the most overlooked opportunities to deliver rapid, cost-effective climate benefits, especially in countries across the Global South where organic waste makes up most of the municipal solid waste stream. 

Against this backdrop, Recycle Organics (RO) convened national and local representatives, technical experts and global partners in Florianópolis, Brazil, for a regional workshop focused on advancing methane mitigation in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) through organic waste solutions.

The event, co-led by CCAP and ImplementaSur with support from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), brought together leaders from the program’s current beneficiary island nations it supports, including Belize, Fiji, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Lucia and Samoa. The workshop served both as an opportunity to celebrate nearly four years of progress across these countries and as a forum to chart the path forward. 

Here are some examples of the Program’s impact so far: 

• A total of nine policy and planning instruments for organic waste have been developed, including four designed for subnational governments in Belize. In Fiji, these instruments informed the development and quantification of methane-specific targets under the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) 3.0, with support from the RO Program. 
  

• The Program will provide 3,100 composting kits to individuals and schools by the end of 2026, further empowering communities. 
  

• +3,000 people have already benefited from capacity-building events, attending international workshops, webinars and training sessions. 
  

• Educational networks continue to foster valuable knowledge exchange by connecting a diverse range of stakeholders in each country. Examples include a hospitality-sector network with 22 hotels from 12 countries actively participating, and a municipal government network in Belize, where all towns and cities have joined and four have received direct support to develop local organic waste management plans. 

Sights from Florianópolis

Read the full story on https://recycleorganics.org/.

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