The project is designed to overcome the barriers that impede the implementation and financing of coal mine methane (CMM) recovery and use projects in Russia; and by doing so, contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the atmosphere. The project intends to do this by strengthening the institutional and financial framework for the promotion of CMM projects as well as facilitating the implementation of selected CMM use demonstration projects so as to promote the replication of the technology and methodologies throughout the Kuzbass and Russia.