Mark Lunt
Asia-Pacific Methane Scientist
Work
Areas of expertise:
Methane emissions, measurements and reporting
Description
Mark is a scientist at EDF working on solutions to reduce methane pollution. As part of the Science and Innovation team, he focuses on improving how methane emissions are measured and reported, so decisionmakers have reliable data to drive real-world reductions. His work has a particular emphasis on emissions across liquefied natural gas supply chains. Mark leads and coordinates methane research projects throughout the Asia‑Pacific region and works closely with the United Nations Environment Programme’s International Methane Emissions Observatory to strengthen global efforts to measure and address methane emissions from oil and gas operations.
Background
Mark is based in Perth, Australia. Prior to joining EDF he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Edinburgh, UK where his research was on the use of satellite, aerial and ground-based methods to investigate methane and carbon dioxide emissions at regional scales.
Education
PhD Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK (2016)
MSci Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK (2010)
Publications
Selected recent publications
Lunt, M. F., Harris, S. J., Hacker, J., Joynes, I., Robertson, T., Thompson, S., & France, J. L. (2025). An evaluation of airborne mass balance and tracer correlation approaches to estimate site-level CH4 emissions from LNG facilities using CO2 as a tracer of opportunity. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 18(17), 4413-4431. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-4413-2025
Ueyama, M., Nakaoka, A., Umezawa, T., Terao, Y., & Lunt, M. (2025). Natural Gas and Biogenic CH4 Emissions from an Urban Center, Sakai, Japan, Based on Simultaneous Measurements of CH4 and C2H6 fluxes Based on the Eddy Covariance Method. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(48), 25877-25888. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c09629
Borchardt, J., Harris, S. J., Hacker, J. M., Lunt, M., Krautwurst, S., Bai, M., ... & Thoböll, J. (2025). Insights into elevated methane emissions from an Australian open-cut coal mine using two independent airborne techniques. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 12(4), 397-404. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c01063
Umezawa, T., Terao, Y., Ueyama, M., Kameyama, S., Lunt, M., & France, J. L. (2025). Measurement report: Mobile measurements to estimate urban methane emissions in Tokyo. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25(23), 18015-18029. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-18015-2025
Ueyama, M., Umezawa, T., Terao, Y., Lunt, M., & France, J. L. (2025). Evaluating urban methane emissions and their attributes in a megacity, Osaka, Japan, via mobile and eddy covariance measurements. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25(19), 12513-12534. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-12513-2025
Ashfold, M., Varkkey, H., Wong, Y. J., Razak, A., Yawanarajah, S., Lunt, M., & Tse, E. O. Y. (2023). Global methane pledge: a review of data, policy and transparency in reducing methane emissions in Malaysia.