Green Rising Methane Innovation Challenge
Green Rising Methane Innovation Challenge supports data-science participants in forecasting methane concentrations five days ahead at global monitoring stations to anticipate when and where levels rise.
Funder: Zindi
Due Dates: November 13, 2026 (Launch) | February 14, 2027 (Submission close) | February 14, 2027 (Submission selection close) | February 15, 2027 (Reveal)
Funding Amounts: USD 10,000 prize pool
Summary: A global data-science competition to forecast daily methane concentrations five days ahead at 59 monitoring stations across six continents.
Key Information: Under Zindi’s standard rules, top-three winners must submit verified code and assign worldwide copyright in their winning solutions to Zindi.
Description
This global forecasting competition is sponsored by Green Rising Barbados in partnership with Future Barbados and powered by Zindi. Participants predict daily methane concentrations five days ahead at 59 monitoring stations across six continents. The task uses station measurements from ICOS, AGAGE, SNO, NOAA and JMA alongside NOAA weather forecasts. Unlike a conventional machine-learning challenge, predictions are scored against measurements that have not yet happened.
The challenge focuses on anticipating when and where methane concentrations rise. Methane traps around 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period but breaks down within a decade, making action on methane one of the fastest levers for slowing warming. The competition connects global monitoring data and weather forecasts with that need for advance warning.
