Dr. Robert Burns has been selected to serve as a Technical Expert on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Methane. The Methane TAG is comprised of 59 experts from 23 counties. This group is tasked with illustrating how feed and livestock production interact with the environment through both emissions of methane and other GHGs, and carbon removal. The group is tasked with delivering both a peer-reviewed review paper as well as a technical report with recommendations and reasoning.

Learn about the original FAO Methane TAG Terms of reference.

Dr. Burns has also been appointed for two years to the USDA Agricultural Air Quality Task Force   https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/air/taskforce/