WGClimate-24 & GHG Task Team

Event Dates: February 9th - 12th, 2026

Agenda

Agenda v1.2 (6 February 2026)

Week at a Glance

Presentations

Session 1: Opening Session 1.1 – Welcome & Review of Agenda 1.2 – WGClimate Work Plan 1.3 – GHG Roadmap and Activities 1.4 – CEOS Executive Officer Report 1.5 – WGClimate & GHG-TT Action Review 1.6 – ERA6: ECMWF Reanalysis Project  1.7 – EarthCARE: New Products & Synergies with WIVERN Session 2: Agency Reports 2.1 – EC  2.2 – ECMWF  2.3 – EUMETSAT  2.4 – JAXA  2.5 – ESA  2.6 – DLR Session 3: Climate Data Records 3.1 – CEOS-ARD Stability Requirements for CDRs 3.2 – CDR Inventory Update 3.3 – Expanding the utility of the CDR Inventory 3.4 – Defining ‘Climate Data Record’ 3.5 – Interoperability Demonstrator Session 4: GHG Task Team 4.1 – Review of GHG Constellation 4.2 – Best Practices 4.3 – GHG L2 Validation: Provision of ground-based reference data 4.4 – Algorithms for Intercomparism: Aerosol scattering

Session 5: UNFCCC Engagement 5.1 – UNFCCC Tiger Team Update 5.2 – ESA’s Activities in Brazil 5.3 – Look back at COP30, outlook to upcoming SBSTA and COP31, working together 5.4 – Discussion: working together on Mitigation 5.5 – Discussion: working together on Capacity Building 5.6 – Discussion: working together on Transparency and GHG Inventories 5.7 – Future workshop with Asian Inventory compliers 5.8 – Discussion: working together on Technology 5.9 – Discussion: working together on Loss and Damage Session 6: Adaptation 6.1 – Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) 6.2 – CEOS Chair Activity  6.3 – GGA Indicators measurable via space-based observations  6.4 – 2026 EO Handbook: Adaptation and Resilience  Session 7: Stakeholder Engagement  7.1 – Earth System Modelling & Observations (ESMO) Working Group for Observations for Researching Climate (WGORC)  7.2 – World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)  7.3 – Group on Earth Observations  7.4 – CEOS Working Group on Capacity Development and Data Democracy (WGCapD)  Session 8: GHG Task Team  8.1 – Calibration Campaigns Update  8.2 – GCP & RECCAP Engagement  8.3 – IMEO Engagement  8.4 – System Development: Inventory of use cases  8.5 – IG3IS  8.6 – G3W Engagement  8.7 – Capacity Development Materials  8.8 – Flux Inversion Modelling and Validation