TFEIP 2026 Meeting

The 2026 TFEIP Meeting took place at the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen, Denmark and online across the 11th - 13th May 2026. ​​ Please contact us at tfeip@aether-uk.com if you have any queries. 

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Meeting notes

Download the minutes from the meeting here

 

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Main meeting  

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Monday 11th May

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13:00 - 13:15 Welcome

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13:15 - 13:40 TFEIP Workplan - Download

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13:40 - 14:40 International news

              13:40 – 13:55 Updates from Convention – (Paul Ruyssenaars/Anna Kaplina, EMEP) - Download

              13:55 – 14:10 Updates from the European Commission (Bettina Kretschmer, European Commission) - Download

              14:10 – 14:20 Update on the IPCC Short-lived Climate Forcers Guidance (Pavel Shermanau, IPCC TFI TSU) - Download

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14:20 - 15:00 Inventory Systems Part 1

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15:00 - 15:30 Break

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15:30 - 17:30 Projections Expert Panel

              15:30 –16:00 Part A Guidebook updates - Download

                                    (including work on uncertainties) - Download

              16:00 – 16:25 Progress on the development of the 5th Clean Air Outlook (Katrin Kaltenegger, IIASA) - Download

              16:25 – 16:50 An evaluation of the impact of low carbon strategies on air pollutant emissions and resulting concentrations (INERIS) - Download

              16:50 – 17:30Update of the EMEP / EEA Guidebook Projections Chapter (Melanie Hobson to present and all to participate) - Download

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Tuesday 12th May

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09:00 - 12:30 Transport Expert Panel

 09:00 - 09:30, COPERT updates, Traianos Karageorgiou (EMISIA) - Download

 09:30 – 10:45, Proposed EMEP/EEA Guidebook updates - Download

               09:30 – 09:45, Project identity, Giannis Papadimitriou (EMISIA)

               09:45 – 10:30, Road transport, Traianos Karageorgiou, Vithleem Vourlioti, Giorgos Mellios, Giannis Papadimitriou, Stelios Doulgeris (EMISIA), Ben Marner (AQC/Logika)

               10:30 – 10:45, NRMM, Benedikt Notter (INFRAS), Konstantin Weller (FVT/TU Graz)

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30, Proposed EMEP/EEA Guidebook updates (cont’d)

                11:00 – 11:45, Navigation (shipping), Sokratis Mamarikas (EMISIA), Achilleas Grigoriadis (LAT/AUTH)

                11:45 – 12:30, Aviation, Zisis Lampropoulos, Michalis Perdikopoulos, Vithleem Vourlioti (EMISIA), Niels Waldmann (Environment Agency Austria)

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12:30 - 13:00 TFEIP papers (research needs and satellite)

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13:00 - 14:00 Lunch​

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14:00 - 14:15 Updates from the EEA - Download

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14:15 - 17:30 Combustion & Industry Expert Panel  - Download​​​

            14:15 – 14:25 Welcome

                                Remembering Carlo Trozzi

            14:25-15:00 Guidebook update: principles, basic questions, completeness, accuracy, regional emission factors, technique-specific emission     factors, specific flues gas volume, correlations, technical connections (BAT), plausibility, use of PRTR/ IEP data (Kristina Juhrich, EP Chair)

            15:00-15:20 Diffuse PM10 emissions from cracks, holes or open doors in factories (Erik Honig, RIVM) - Download

            15:20-15:40 Coffee break

            15:40-16:00 Experience in Lombardy in emission estimates from wood-fired pizza ovens (Alessandro Marongiu, ARPA Lombardia) - Download

            16:00-17:00 Guidebook update: basic areas of improvement, heavy metals, PCBs, fireworks, biofuels, 2D, fugitive emissions, industry, small combustion, errors, intersections with other EPs, impossible tasks (Kristina Juhrich, EP Chair) - 

            17:00-17:15 Next steps: new co-chair(s), Guidebook revision & other contribution

            17:15-17:30 Any other business

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Evening - dinner​ (self-paid)

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Wednesday 13th May

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9:00 - 11:00 User Engagement Session

            09.00-09.10   Introduction (Jeroen Kuenen) - Download

            09.10-09.30   Processing of national inventory to adapt it to modelling requirements: example for Spain (Marc Guevara) - Download

            09.30-09.50   Latest proxies for spatial distribution for the agricultural sector (Susana Lopez-Aparicio, online) - Download

            09.50-10.10   Validation of emissions against satellite-based estimates as part of an ongoing ESA project (Marc Guevara) - Download

            10.10-10.30   Specific questions on how to interpret Guidebook information & how to report gridded emissions (Jeroen Kuenen) - Download

            10.30-11.00   Presentation of draft guidance for emission inventory users (Jeroen Kuenen) - Download​

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11:00 - 11:20 Coffee break

11:20 - 11:40 Update from CEIP (Sabine Schindlbacher, CEIP)

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11:40 - 12:15 Decisions and close

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12:15 - 13:00 Inventory Systems Part 2

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Online Sessions

Agriculture Expert Panel (this will be held as an online only session on Wednesday 29th April, 13:00 - 17:00 CEST)

13:00 – 13:05 Introduction(Bernard Hyde) - Download

                       In parallel: round table update (method tbc)

                       REPORTS from Parties, science updates

                                       10 min presentation, 5 min discussion

 

13:05 – 13:20 Experience in Lombardy in local ammonia emission factors and seasonal variation (Allessandro Marongiu) -  Download

13:20– 13:35  Higher tier methods for ammonia emission from mineral fertilisers (Nick Hutchings & Andreas Pacholski) - Download

13:35– 13:50  Field efficacy of urease inhibitors for mitigation of ammonia emissions in agricultural field settings: a systematic review (Themba Matse) - Download

13:50– 14:05  An update of emission factors for nitric oxide emissions from croplands and grasslands (Gokul Prasad Mathivanan) - Download

14:20 – 14:50 Break

                       Reports related to the EMEP/EEA Guidebook

14:50 – 15:00 IPCC methodology report on Short-Lived Climate Forcers (Barbara Amon)

15:00– 15:10 TFRN Ammonia Guidance Document (Barbara Amon) - Download

                  Incl. TFRN update

15:10 – 15:35 GB update: status and next steps (incl. 10 min discussion) (Richard German) - Download

15:35– 15:55  Update of Tier 2 emission factors with the DATAMAN database (incl. 10 min discussion) (Frederico Dragoni) -

15:55 – 16:15  Overview of regional emission factor investigation (incl. 10 min discussion) (Liam Rock & Becky Jenkins) - Download

16:15 – 16:45  Sum up (incl. workplan) (Bernard Hyde)

16:45 – 17:00 Agri EE tool – an update on the inclusion of additional abatement measures for ammonia (Manjola Banja) - Download

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Meeting Documents

General

TFEIP Research needs - Download

Guidebook Update: Part A Chapters - Download

TFEIP Guidance on Earth Observation and Inverse Modelling - Download (note that this is an initial outline to support discussions)

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​Agriculture EMEP/EEA Guidebook Chapters:​

3B Manure Management - Download

3D Agricultural soils - Download

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User Engagement

Using emission inventories for air quality modelling - TFEIP guidance document - Download

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Projections

Projections EMEP/EEA Guidebook Chapter - Download

 

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