Registration (for on-site & virtual attendance)

Experts and stakeholders involved in climate adaptation planning, implementation and monitoring are set to explore and identify satellite-based indicators to support climate adaptation policy.

The workshop organised by ESA and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) aims to identify and prioritise EO data research needs, products, and services that can be used to track Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) indicators and to consider the practical steps required to support national adaptation monitoring and evaluation required for transparency reporting.

This event builds on the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Global Stocktake Strategy, currently in development, which identified adaptation as a priority topic and called for closer collaboration between space agencies and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Ultimately the outputs will help to advance efforts to raise the visibility of adaptation as part of the second global stocktake.

NOTE: on-site registration deadline midnight (GMT) 12 June

Logistics

  • Transport: a complimentary coach from central Oxford (pick up point next to the Ashmolean museum - https://w3w.co/fingernails.stays.almost) to ECSAT will be available as follows:
    • 23/06 - departing Oxford 11:45
    • 24/06 - departing Oxford 08:00
    • 25/06 - departing Oxford 08:00
  • Onward transport: on 25/6, coaches are available Didcot train station and Heathrow airport, departing promptly at 13:05.
  • Accommodation: Central Oxford recommended

Agenda

Timezone: Europe/London

June 23, 2026 - Day 1
  • 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Registration
  • 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Session 1: Welcome by ESA and JRC

    • Chair: Susanne Mecklenburg and Mark Dowell

  • 2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. Break
  • 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Session 2: Introduction to Climate Adaptation and the UNFCCC’s Global Goal on Adaptation – Policy Context

    • Chair: Susanne Mecklenburg

  • 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Ice breaker
  • 5:45 p.m. - 5:50 p.m. Buses depart
June 24, 2006 - Day 2
  • 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Session 3: GGA Targets, Indicators & EO capabilities

    • Chair: Sarah Connors

  • 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Break
  • 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Session 4: Compiling Indicators – lessons learned from past practice & indicator mapping

    • Chair: Mark Dowell

  • 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. Lunch
      • Demonstration of the DestinE Climate Information for Adaptation Demonstrator (plenary room)
  • 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Session 5: Adaptation planning and implementation at the national level

    • Chair: Sarah Connors

  • 3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. Break
  • 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Session 6: Adaptation Action – How to make EO more useful for adaptation?

    • Chair: Sarah Connors

  • 5:45 p.m. - 5:50 p.m. Buses depart to Oxford
  • 7 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Reception dinner at the Ashmolean Museum
June 25, 2026 - Day 3
  • 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Session 7: Adaptation Action – regional and local users

    • Chair: Susanne Mecklenburg

  • 10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Break
  • 11 a.m. - noon Session 8: Discussion and Consolidation

    • Chair: Sarah Connors

  • noon - 1 p.m. Lunch
  • 1 p.m. - 1:05 p.m. Buses depart
Detailed Agenda