Project: Metrology for stable isotope reference standards

Acronym	16ENV06 SIRS (Reference Number: 16ENV06)
Duration	01/06/2017 - 31/05/2020
Project Topic	Immediate action is required to prevent irreversible changes to the Earth’s climate due to greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers need to be able to discriminate man-made from natural emissions in the atmosphere, to provide governments with accurate emissions inventory data and verify progress towards emissions reduction targets. However, this cannot be achieved with the existing measurement infrastructure.This project will develop a new infrastructure including methods and instrumentation to underpin measurements of stable isotopes of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, two major greenhouse gases, which enable their origin to be identified. This will be instrumental in providing more accurate, comparable data to separate various man-made sources of greenhouse gas emissions from each other, as well as from natural sources. This will enable governments to develop accurate emissions inventories and models to comply with legislation, and inform new policy and better abatement strategies to help prevent dangerous climate change.
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Network	EMPIR
Call	EMPIR Call 2016

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	NPL Management Limited	Coordinator	United Kingdom
2	Dansk Fundamental Metrologi A/S	Partner	Denmark
3	Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica	Partner	Italy
4	Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt	Partner	Germany
5	Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu	Partner	Türkiye
6	Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy	Partner	Finland
7	Al Air Liquide España, S.A.	Partner	Spain
8	Institut Jožef Stefan	Partner	Slovenia
9	Max Planck Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Wissenschaften e.V.	Partner	Germany
10	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	Partner	Netherlands
11	Itä-Suomen yliopisto	Partner	Finland
12	Eidgenoessische Materialpruefungs- und Forschungsanstalt	Observer	Switzerland