Emissions Monitoring from Space and Ground Conference 2026

Running from 26 oktober to 30 oktober 2026

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Organisation: European Space Agency (ESA)

Background

This conference, co-organised by European entities (ESA, EEA, CAMS and EUMETSAT), will bring together several European and international stakeholders involved in the monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gases and air pollutants emissions. The event will span the observations, modelling, national inventory and reporting, operational service, and policy communities. Participants will be able to attend state-of-the-art presentations about emission estimations based on spaceborne and ground-based observations, atmospheric modelling, and integrated monitoring systems, covering applications ranging from national emission inventories to sector specific sources. The event will serve as a platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange, helping to bridge scientific advances, operational implementation, and policy needs.

Objectives

The core objective of the conference is to showcase and discuss scientific, operational, and policy-relevant advances supporting the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions.

Attendees will engage in discussions on the latest advancement on European and international policy frameworks, advances in observation- and model-based emission monitoring approaches, and the integration of these approaches into operational MRV systems. Specific focus will be given to national inventories, and how these methodologies can support the compilation, verification and quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) processes, enhancing consistency across reporting and monitoring frameworks.

Sessions

The workshop will be structured around the following thematic sessions:

  • Top-Down inventories supporting National inventories: from R&D to Operational systems
  • Training/Workshop on understanding the inversion methodologies and underlying observations (aimed at inventory compilers and anyone interested in using inversion-based emissions)
  • Link between inversions and LULUCF communities
  • Space Missions and Ground Networks: Status and Products
  • Methane from local and diffuse sources
  • CO2 monitoring at facility scale – EU-ETS and CBAM perspective
  • Sectoral Deep Dives
  • Ancillary data for improving emission estimates