Watch past webinars and explore upcoming sessions below
Satellite retrievals of carbon dioxide and methane & related applications
Date: 18 February 2026
Speaker: Michael Buchwitz
This webinar with Michael Buchwitz (University of Bremen) explored space-based observations of CO₂ and methane, explained how atmospheric concentrations were retrieved from satellite measurements, how these data were used to assess human-made emissions and natural sinks, and highlighted the ESA GHG-CCI project and its links to wider climate services.
ESA CCI Vegetation Parameters
Date: 20th May 2026
Speaker: Christiaan van der Tol
This webinar will present a 21-year, high-resolution satellite dataset measuring foliage density and leaf light absorption - key climate variables affecting the carbon budget. Learn how to access the data and apply it in research and environmental monitoring.
ESA CCI Land Surface Temperature
Date: 17th June 2026
Speaker: Abigail Waring
This webinar will explain Land Surface Temperature (LST): what it is, how it is measured from space, its role as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV), and how the data are validated and checked.
ESA CCI Fire
Date: 22nd July 2026
Speaker: Emilio Chuvieco
This webinar will cover how wildfires impact ecosystems and vegetation, how climate trends influence wildfire risk, and how fires, in turn, affect the climate through emissions, biomass changes, and planetary albedo.
ESA CCI SATACI
Date: 23rd Sept 2026
Speaker: Marta Luffarelli
This webinar will present the SATACI project, using satellite data to study aerosol–cloud interactions - a key uncertainty in climate forcing. Discover how SATACI quantifies cloud responses, dust-driven glaciation, and introduces a new aerosol–cloud climate indicator for monitoring and model evaluation.
ESA CCI Glaciers
Date: 21 Oct 2026
Speaker: Frank Paul
This webinar will show how satellite and climate data are used in the X-ECV Karakoram Anomaly project to study glacier dynamics, improve mass balance modeling, and reveal first results from this rapidly changing, data-sparse region.