Environmental Innovation

Valhalla Foundation invests in efforts to monitor methane pollution, deploy proven fixes, and develop new solutions.

We focus on methane for four reasons:

High impact: Methane is a powerful heat-trapping gas and contributes to ground-level ozone, which harms human health and damages crops.
Fast results: Methane breaks down faster than many other pollutants, so cutting it today cleans the air quickly.
Cost-effective: Many solutions — such as fixing leaks or improving livestock productivity — are inexpensive, and some pay for themselves over time.
Overlooked: Despite its outsized impact, methane remains under-funded and under-addressed in public policies and business strategies.

Information on methane from the United Nations and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Grantee Spotlights

Environmental Defense Fund Methane Reduction Initiative

Applying technology, science, and advocacy to reduce global methane emissions from the oil and gas industry by 45% by 2025 and 75% by 2030.

Environmental Defense Fund Global Clean Air Initiative

Using sensor technology to map and monitor air quality and identify pollution sources to reduce air pollution and its impact on human health around the globe.

Our Environmental Innovation Portfolio

At One Ventures

Finding, funding, and growing teams to catalyze a world where humanity is a net positive to nature

Environmental Defense Fund

Driving real change for healthier communities and a thriving planet

Global Fishing Watch

Revolutionizing ocean monitoring and analysis

Global Methane Hub

Funding and convening partners who work at the international, national, and local level to make sure all actors are working together toward the shared goal of curbing methane pollution in the most efficient way possible

Innovative Genomics Institute

Using genome engineering to solve humanity’s greatest problems in health, climate, and sustainable agriculture

Ocean Resilience & Climate Alliance

Scaling ocean-climate solutions across mitigation, sequestration, adaptation, and resilience

Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation

Advancing agriculture as a climate solution

Salk's Harnessing Plants Initiative

Exploring the very foundations of life for the benefit of all

UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Empowering future leaders to tackle pressing challenges through innovation, equity, and environmental stewardship to advance sustainable solutions in food, farming, and the environment

Woodwell Climate Research Center

Advancing climate science that will drive the urgent action needed to solve the climate crisis

Explore our impact areas and learn about our grantees.

Valhalla’s goal is to cut methane pollution to protect people and nature.

Valhalla Foundation invests in efforts to monitor methane pollution, deploy proven fixes, and develop new solutions.

Grantee Spotlights

Environmental Defense Fund Methane Reduction Initiative

Environmental Defense Fund Global Clean Air Initiative

Our Environmental Innovation Portfolio

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