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SEPARATING HUMAN IMPACT FROM THE NATURAL CARBON CYCLE
A new initiative to explore the development of a European system to monitor human activity related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions across the world. The CO2 Human Emissions (CHE) project brings together a consortium of 22 European partners and will last for over 3 years.
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SEPARATING HUMAN IMPACT FROM THE NATURAL CARBON CYCLE
A new initiative to explore the development of a European system to monitor human activity related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions across the world. The CO2 Human Emissions (CHE) project brings together a consortium of 22 European partners and will last for over 3 years.
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Introduction

INTRODUCTION

ECMWF is leading a new initiative to explore the development of a European system to monitor human activity related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions across the world.

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Structure

STRUCTURE

To tackle the challenges of an integrated system on a global scale, it is paramount to identify the complementarity between observations, modelling and data assimilation methodologies.

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Consortium

CONSORTIUM

The CHE project consortium is comprised of 22 partners from eight European countries (United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy).

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There is now agreement that climate change represents a very serious threat. Worldwide commitment to tackle the issue culminated in the United Nations Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, when 195 nations signed-up to limit their greenhouse gas emissions.

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GCOS Science Day
Published October 31, 2018

GCOS Science day

The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) held a Science day meeting on the 22nd October 2018 at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI…
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CHE Tier1
Published August 02, 2018

The CHE Tier 1 CO2 global nature run

As part of the commitment to support climate change policy, the CHE project is addressing the challenges of developing a CO2 emissions…
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1st SRA released
Published July 03, 2018

1st Strategic Research Agenda released by the CHE project

The aim of the first Strategic Research Agenda released on the 30th on June 2018 is to summarise current research activities, within and…
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JRC
Published June 20, 2018

JRC-ECMWF advance on mapping CO2 fossil fuel uncertainty representation

CO2 Human Emissions’ uncertainties, estimated by the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and 2015 global emission…
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Climate Data Store Graphic
Published June 19, 2018

Climate Data Store Launched

On Thursday, the 14th of June, Europe’s Climate Data Store (CDS) was launched by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented…
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CHE-VERIFY-SCARBO
Published April 30, 2018

European H2020 projects in support of CO2 monitoring challenges

Monitoring CO2 emissions at the surface requires unprecedented levels of precision measurements at global scale, involving both in-situ…
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The CHE Library of Simulations
Published April 09, 2018

The CHE Library of Simulations

One of the critical elements of a European contribution to a global "CO2 emission monitoring system" identified in the CO2 report…
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World Meteorological Day
Published March 23, 2018

World Meteorological Day highlights weather and climate risks

World Meteorological Day 2018 is dedicated to the risks related to weather and water events and climate change. At a time of growing…
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CHE General Assembly
Published February 08, 2018

Experts discuss way forward for ambitious CO2 monitoring project

More than 50 experts from Europe and beyond met at ECMWF from 5 to 7 February 2018 to chart the way forward for an ambitious project…
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Climate Temperature
Published January 08, 2018

2017 extends exceptionally warm period, first complete datasets show

The first complete temperature datasets for 2017 show that last year was the third in a row of exceptionally warm years, the Copernicus…
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Events

joint IG3IS - TRANSCOM
Sep 17, 2018 08:00 - Sep 20, 2018 16:00

IG3IS - TRANSCOM meeting

The workshop is sponsored by WMO GAW and ICOS, it is dedicated to the use of atmospheric measurements to improve the quantification and…

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ECMWF, Reading
Feb 05, 2018 12:00 - Feb 07, 2018 16:00

1st CHE General Assembly

The first CHE General Assembly took place between the 5th and 7th of February 2018 at ECMWF in Reading, United Kingdom.  The meeting…
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AGU Conference Space
Dec 11, 2017 09:00 - Dec 15, 2017 16:00

AGU Fall Meeting

The American Geophysical Union's Fall Meeting 2017 takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, and is the largest Earth and Space Science…
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Oct 02, 2017 13:00 - Oct 03, 2017 16:00

Kick-Off Meeting, Brussels

The Kick-Off Meeting was held at the European Commission's Research Executive Agency in Brussels. The CHE Consortium met with stakeholders…
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CHE Newsletter No 1 - July 2018

Newsletter 1

Welcome to the 1st Newsletter of the CHE project

Having officially started on 1st of October 2017 with a duration of 39 months, the CO2 Human Emissions (CHE) project is coordinating efforts towards developing a European monitoring and verification support capacity for anthropogenic CO2 emissions.

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