Copenhagen 2026
TFEIP 2026 Meeting
The 2026 TFEIP Meeting will be taking 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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Agenda
The draft agenda can be found below (times are in CEST). To download a copy of the agenda, click here.
Main meeting
Monday 11th May
13:00 - 13:15 Welcome
13:15 - 13:40 TFEIP Workplan
13:40 - 14:40 International news
13:40 – 13:55 Updates from Convention – (Paul Ruyssenaars/Anna Kaplina, EMEP)
13:55 – 14:10 Updates from the European Commission (Bettina Kretschmer, European Commission)
14:10 – 14:20 Update on the IPCC Short-lived Climate Forcers Guidance (Pavel Shermanau, IPCC TFI TSU)
14:20 - 15:00 Inventory Systems Part 1
15:00 - 15:30 Break
15:30 - 17:30 Projections Expert Panel
15:30 –16:00 Part A Guidebook updates, including work on uncertainties
16:00 – 16:25 IIASA presentation
16:25 – 16:50 An evaluation of the impact of low carbon strategies on air pollutant emissions and resulting concentrations (INERIS)
16:50 – 17:30Update of the EMEP / EEA Guidebook Projections Chapter (Melanie Hobson to present and all to participate)
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Tuesday 12th May
09:00 - 12:30 Transport Expert Panel
The transport expert panel session will cover:
- COPERT updates
- Proposed EMEP/EEA Guidebook updates
12:30 - 13:00 TFEIP papers (research needs and satellite)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:15 Updates from the EEA
14:15 - 17:30 Combustion & Industry Expert Panel
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)
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)
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
Evening - dinner (self-paid)
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Wednesday 13th May
9:00 - 11:00 User Engagement Session
09.00-09.10 Introduction (Jeroen Kuenen)
09.10-09.30 Processing of national inventory to adapt it to modelling requirements: example for Spain (Marc Guevara)
09.30-09.50 Latest proxies for spatial distribution for the agricultural sector (Susana Lopez-Aparicio, online)
09.50-10.10 Validation of emissions against satellite-based estimates as part of an ongoing ESA project (Marc Guevara)
10.10-10.30 Specific questions on how to interpret Guidebook information & how to report gridded emissions (Jeroen Kuenen)
10.30-11.00 Presentation of draft guidance for emission inventory users (Jeroen Kuenen) To read this draft guidance ahead of the meeting, see the 'Meeting Documents' section below
11:00 - 11:20 Coffee break
11:20 - 11:40 Update from CEIP (Sabine Schindlbacher, CEIP)
11:40 - 12:15 Decisions and close
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)
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)
13:20– 13:35 Higher tier methods for ammonia emission from mineral fertilisers (Nick Hutchings & Andreas Pacholski)
13:35– 13:50 Field efficacy of urease inhibitors for mitigation of ammonia emissions in agricultural field settings: a systematic review (Themba Matse)
13:50– 14:05 An update of emission factors for nitric oxide emissions from croplands and grasslands (Gokul Prasad Mathivanan)
14:05 – 14:20 UCOL – latest updates (tbc) (Gabriele Borchardt)
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)
Incl. TFRN update
15:10 – 15:35 GB update: status and next steps (incl. 10 min discussion) (Richard German)
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)
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)
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)
Agriculture EMEP/EEA Guidebook Chapters:
3B Manure Management - Download
3D Agricultural soils - Download
User Engagement
Using emission inventories for air quality modelling - TFEIP guidance document - Download
Projections
Projections EMEP/EEA Guidebook Chapter - Download