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Measurement for our planet

Measurement for Climate Action

Was held on 13 & 14 October 2021

Workshop:
Measurement for Climate Action  

NPL and key stakeholders from the climate community joined to discuss how metrology – the science of measurement – can support climate action by providing improved confidence in data.

All Measurement for Climate Action presentations can be found below:

Agenda 

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  • Hear how a whole systems approach will be an important principle to addressing climate change 
  • Learn about observed emissions and climate data-related programmes of work that National Metrology Institutes are delivering 
  • Hear from key organisations within the climate community on their perspectives regarding metrology needs to support climate action 
  • Listen to a lively panel session that will explore and debate the challenges ahead 
  • Find out about the forthcoming plans of BIPM, and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), as they launch the Metrology for Climate Action initiative

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Speakers  

  • Dr Bruce Forgan - WMO
    Vice-president of the WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems (Infrastructure Commission)
     
  • Dr Susanne Mecklenburg - ESA     
    Head of ESA Climate Office
     
  • Dr David Sexton - Met Office
    Manager, Ensemble Climate Projection
     
  • Dr Robert Wielgosz - BIPM
    Steering Committee Member: BIPM-WMO Metrology for Climate Action Initiative

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Read our speakers and panelists biographies

  • Richard Barker - NPL
    Head of Energy and Environment
     
  • Professor Nigel Fox - NPL
    NPL Fellow in Earth Observation, Climate and Optical Radiometry
    Chair of the CEOS WGCV IVOS Subgroup
    UK science lead for the TRUTHS satellite mission
     
  • Dr Andrea Merlone – INRiM
    Senior Researcher
    BIPM - CCT WG Environment Chairperson
    WMO - SC-MINT Expert Team "Measurement Uncertainty" Chairperson
  • Dr Hong Lin - NIM
    Group Leader of Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Inventory Research
     
  • Dr James R Whetstone - NIST
    Special Assistant to the Director for Greenhouse Gas Measurement
 

Panelists

  • Dr Joeri Rogelj - Imperial College London
    Director of Research at the Grantham Institute and Reader in Climate Science & Policy at the Centre for Environmental Policy
     
  • Dr Bruce Forgan - WMO
    Vice-president of the WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems (Infrastructure Commission)
     
  • Dr Susanne Mecklenburg - ESA     
    Head of ESA Climate Office
  • Dr Philip DeCola
    Chief Science Officer NEXQT
    Adjunct Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Maryland
    Co-Chair, World Meteorological Organization Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System (IG3IS)
     
  • Dr Emma Woolliams - NPL
    NPL Departmental Head of Science Co-chair of the steering board for the BIPM-WMO “Metrology for Climate Action” workshop Chair of the European Metrology Network for Climate and Ocean Observation

Read our speakers and panelists biographies

Measurement for our planet 

Find out more about how NPL supports UK leadership in global climate action and follow NPL’s activities around Measurement for our planet in the run up to COP26, and beyond.

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