1st CIPM STG-CENV • Stakeholder meeting • 16-18 September 2024 • BIPM • Sèvres (France)

Meeting organization

Theme 1: Metrology in support of the physical science basis of climate change and climate Observations

Code Topic Co-chair 1 Co-chair 2
1A

Atmosphere Physics and Chemistry
Betsy Weatherhead
Fabio Madonna
1B

Oceans and Hydrology
George Petihakis
Johannes Karstensen
1C

Earth Energy Balance
Laurent Vuilleumier
Thorsten Fehr
1D

Biosphere Monitoring
Julia Marrs
Rubén Urraca
1E

Cryosphere Monitoring
Emma Woolliams
Filomena Catapano
1F

Cross-cutting issues
Dolores del Campo
1G

Other
Emma Woolliams
Fabio Madonna

Theme 1: recommendations

1A

1B

1C

1D

1E

Theme 2: Metrology as an integral component of operational systems to estimate greenhouse gas emissions based on accurate measurements and analyses

Code Topic Co-chair 1 Co-chair 2
2A

Accuracy requirements for atmospheric composition measurements across economic sectors, and temporal and spatial scales
Robert Wielgosz
Sergi Moreno Valero
2B

State of play in integrated approaches for advanced GHG emission estimates and the way forward to operational services.
Leonard Rivier
Phil de Cola
2C

Novel GHG concentration and flux methods and sensors
Hong Lin
Kevin Cossel
2D

Strengthening the linkage of remote sensing GHG concentration measurements to emission fluxes
Richard Barker
Annmarie Eldering
2E

Emerging Metrology Issues (Oceans, CCUS, CDR, Agricultural Emissions…)
Maribel Garcia-Ibañez
Pamela Chu

Chairs and co-chairs

Richard Barker

Head of Environment of the UK National Physical Laboratory
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Richard Barker is the Head of Environment of the UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL). Richard educated as a physicist, however joined IBM as a software engineer to pursue a curiosity around the nexus of technology and people. What followed was a varied 22-year commercial career across the technology and creative industries. From real-time systems and data analytics to virtual reality and functional art, Richard won multiple awards for innovation and started up several new businesses in the process. In 2012, Richard joined Climate-KIC, a European Commission funded organisation tasked with addressing climate change and developing the green economy, eventually ending up as the Director of Research and Thought leadership. In 2018, Richard came back to his scientific home ground and joined NPL to focus on addressing the societal grand challenges of climate change and environmental sustainability.