Join us for the hybrid 'Science meets City: Zurich & Europe' event, that will bring together city representatives from all over Europe in Zurich and online. We will share the latest scientific findings on greenhouse gas emission monitoring in European cities and the impact on urban policies.
Time: 12.00-17.30, Monday 8 December 2025
Location: Online and Zurich, EMPA, Ueberlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Registration: Sign up here
Meals: Lunch, coffee breaks and dinner offered by the project for onsite participants
AGENDA
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch for onsite participants
13:00 - 13:15 Welcome words
Werner Kutsch, ICOS Director General
13:15 - 13:30 Climate targets, actions and monitoring of GHG emissions in the City of Zurich
Philippe Stolz, Project Manager Environment / Life Cycle Assessment, City of Zurich
13:30 - 14:15 Greenhouse gas data empowering city policymakers - verify emission totals, get timely and granular data to design and evaluate climate policies
How to set up an urban greenhouse gas emissions monitoring system in line with your city's budget and geographical needs
Andreas Christen, Professor of Environmental Meteorology, University of Freiburg
14:15 - 14:45 Guidelines for European cities: a flexible and efficient approach for creating city emission inventories
Ingrid Super, Environmental Scientist, TNO
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14:45 - 15:15 Coffee break
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15:15 - 15:45 Urban residents views on climate change and climate action policies. Insights from the ESS ICOS Cities Panel in Paris and Munich.
Oshrat Hochman, Head of Team Social Surveys at GESIS, Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften & ESS
15:45 - 16:00 Climate scenarios for cities 2030-2050
Ivonne Albarus, Senior Science Officer, IPCC & LSCE, University of Saclay
16:00 - 17:15 Workshop: City representatives testing service prototypes for climate action
In this workshop session, the audience gets to test three different service prototypes building on ICOS data systems. The prototypes have been developed in the ICOS Cities project in a collaborative design process with project stakeholders led by Aalto University research team.
Katie Berns and Tatu Marttila, Aalto University
17:15 - 17:30 Wrap up and future
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19:00 Dinner for onsite participants
Registration: Sign up here