Argentina
Emissions Profiles
Argentina is the world's 16th largest emitter of methane. While cattle are the country's largest source of methane emissions, approximately 23 percent of its anthropogenic methane emissions—22.0 MTCO2E—come from coal mining, landfills, and natural gas and oil systems.
Source: 2006 USEPA Report: Global Anthropogenic Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions:1990-2020 http://www.epa.gov/nonco2/econ-inv/international.html 
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Experience and Opportunities for Methane Projects
The national government has approved projects for methane capture and combustion in the Villa Dominico and Olavarria sanitary landfills, both located in the province of Buenos Aires. Degasification projects in Ensenada, Norte III, and Norte IIIa are under development. The country has the technology needed to generate electric power from landfill gas and, once that gas is treated, to incorporate it into the natural gas distribution network.
Other Background
In 2002, Argentina passed its first general environmental law, which defines what Argentine national environmental policy should be and lays out guiding principles for minimum environmental standards. The law also requires environmental impact statements for any project, public or private, that is "susceptible to damaging the environment."
Committee Membership
Argentina participates in the following committees:
- Steering Committee
- Coal Technical Subcommittee
- Landfill Technical Subcommittee (Co-Chair)
- Oil and Gas Technical Subcommittee
- Agriculture Subcommittee (Co-Chair)
- Taskforce on Outreach and Communications
- Partnership Expo Task Force
Argentina Subcommittee Contacts.
The Methane to Markets Partnership is a collaborative effort between national governments and others to capture methane emissions and use them as a clean energy source.