[Im4ca.all.beta] IM⁴CA Newsletter - March 2026

[Roxana Petrescu]

Dear all, I am happy to share with you our first IM⁴CA newsletter.
Sorry for crossposting !!!

Best regards, Roxana


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Welcome to the IM⁴CA community series of newsletters!

*We will inform you on a regular basis about our activities.*

*Enjoy reading and we hope to stay connected !*
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IM⁴CA's First Anniversary

*After one year since the start of the project, the 1ˢᵗ IM⁴CA General
Assembly Meeting, took place on 10–11 February 2026 at EMPA, Dübendorf,
Switzerland.*

Together with our partners, we reflected on progress made, strengthened
collaboration across work packages, and aligned on priorities for the
coming year.
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*As we mark one year since our kick-off meeting, we are proud to reflect on
and highlight the many achievements accomplished during this time.*
News from campaigns
WP1 Cyprus campaign

*From 8 to 12 December of 2025, the Cyprus Institute (CyI) hosted an IM⁴CA
WP1 drone-based methane (CH₄) measurement intercomparison campaign.*
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WP2 Arctic campaign

*In the summer of 2025, partners from the IM⁴CA project’s Work Package 2 –
Arctic Emissions conducted their first field campaign in Scandinavia.*
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WP3 Congo field trip

*In the summer of 2025, our IM⁴CA project partners from the WP3 Tropical
Emissions had their first field trip visit to the Republic of Congo.*
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Stakeholder meetings
IM⁴CA's first Stakeholder meeting in Brussels

*On 2 December, the IM⁴CA project held its first General Stakeholder
Meeting in Brussels*

Participants from policymaking, NGOs, national reporting agencies,
academia, and industry joined the round table to share perspectives on
strengthening methane-related climate action and develop future
collaboration.
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WP1 Stakeholder meeting in Romania

*To initiate CH₄ measurement activities in Romania and connect with the
relevant stakeholders, *the “Anthropogenic emissions” Work Package 1 of the
IM⁴CA project joined the final meeting of the EUKI (Integrated Approach to
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project.
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Deliverables


*Here you can access the key outputs produced throughout the first years of
the project, including reports, tools, and other resources developed by the
consortium.*

*The page will be updated as new results become available.*
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Awards

We congratulate our colleague *Ilse Aben* (SRON) for being awarded with the
prestigious *Stevin Prize, *Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Community
Methane Action for People and Planet

250 years after methane was first discovered, leading scientists,
policymakers, and innovators will gather where it all began to chart a path
for the next phase of methane action.

👉 Register to join the conference virtually:
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Submissions open for AGU Special Collection celebrating 250 years since
Alessandro Volta’s discovery of methane
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*AGU Special Collection celebrating 250 years since Alessandro Volta’s
discovery of methane
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The collection welcomes papers spanning the full spectrum of methane
research from microbial processes and biogeochemistry to atmospheric
chemistry, remote sensing, modeling, and mitigation across local to global
scales.

Submission deadline: *30 September 2026.*
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