Emissions Monitoring from Space and Ground Conference 2026
October 26 - October 30
ESA-ESRIN

Background
This conference, co-organised by European entities (ESA, EEA, CAMS and EUMETSAT), will gather several European and international stakeholders involved in the monitoring of greenhouse gases and air pollutants emissions, spanning the observations and modeling communities. Participants will be able to attend state-of-the-art presentations about emission estimations based on spaceborne and ground-based observations for a variety of use cases, from national GHG inventories to sector specific sources. The conference will bring European policy makers and implementers together allowing a ‘Science to Policy’ dialog.
Objectives
The core objective of the conference is to showcase and identify specific observation data and solutions that can support the implementation of different policies with R&D and operational services. Attendees will also be engaged in discussions on the latest advancement on relevant policies, and create common semantics related to emissions. Specific focus will be given to national inventories, and how observation-based methodologies can support the verification and QA/QC of these inventories.
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
Schedules and deadlines
| Conference Public Announcement | 27 May 2026 |
| Call for contributions : poster abstracts | 15 June 2026 |
| Abstract submission deadline | 31 August 2026 |
| Notification of contribution selection by ESA | 15 September 2026 |
| Registration Opening | 15 September 2026 |
| Registration Closing | 30 September 2026 |
| Issue of Final Programme | 15 October 2026 |
| Workshop | 26-30 October 2026 |
For more information on the conference, abstract submission and logistic 👉 visit the official event website : https://emissionsmonitoring2026.esa.int/
Conference Organisers contact email: 📧 EO4Society.Conf@esa.int