ICP Waters TF meeting 2026 – presentations

Welcome and reports

  • UK Government’s assessment of air pollution impacts (David Vowles, DEFRA)
  • Updates on recent developments under the Air convention (Anna Kaplina, Secretariat)
  • Update on ex-post analysis (Chair ICP Waters)
  • Current issues ICP IM (Chair/Head of PC ICP IM)
  • Current issues ICP Waters (Chair ICP Waters)

    • Reports of activities under the Convention

  • Report from ICP Modelling and Mapping/CCE (Thomas Plha, CCE)
  • ICP Vegetation Updates and Achievements (Felicity Hayes, UK)
  • ICP Forests Progress report (Kai Schwärzel, Germany)

    • Opening presentation

  • Four decades of chemical and ecological response of UK upland waters to deposition reductions (Don Monteith, UK)

    • Thematic sessions

    Biological recovery and biodiversity

  • Biological recovery from acidification, lag times and dose-response relationship (Gaute Velle, Norway)
  • Biodiversity monitoring within the framework of ICP IM and eLTER (Ika Djukic, Austria)

    • Air pollution issues in EECCA countries

  • The Assessment and Monitoring Effects of Air Pollution on Rivers and Lakes in Republic of Moldova (Oleg Bogdevici, Moldova)
  • Water Quality in Remote Areas of Armenia: Effects of Atmospheric Deposition (Arev Tadevosyan, Armenia Czechia)

    • Acidification

  • Air Quality, hydrochemistry, and climate change: Trends at the IM monitoring site Forellenbach, in the Bavarian Forest National Park (Angelika Köbl, Germany)
  • MAGIC and Ex-post analysis (Areti Balkoni, Norway)
  • Current and future acidification status in Norway – applying MAGIC modelling and two approaches for spatial interpolation (Kari Austnes, Norway)
  • Catchment recovery from acidification and carbon export: Can enhanced alkalinity generation remove atmospheric CO₂? (Jakub Hruška, Czechia)

    • Greenhouse gases

  • SERVICO2: Evaluating Greenhouse Gas Regulation in Headwater Catchments and Opportunities for Collaboration with ICP-Waters and ICP-IM (Carlos Palacín Lizarbe, Lluís Camarero, Spain)
  • How to implement CO₂ flux measurements into the ICP-IM Manual – experiences from the IM site Neuglobsow (Jonas Sitte, Germany)

    • Monitoring/NEC Directive/LTER

  • Air Pollution Impacts on Ecosystems Networks project that UKCEH lead (Mike Perring, UK)
  • Novel methods for lake water sampling (Jens Fölster, Sweden)

    • Confounding Factors

  • Climate change has led to increased weathering in subarctic lake catchments (Jens Fölster, Sweden)
  • Nutrients variability in high mountain lakes in relation to atmospheric inputs and climate related drivers (Michela Rogora, Italy)

    • Other

  • ICP Waters – Chemical intercomparison test (Cathrine Gundersen, Norway)
  • Open data (James Weldon, Sweden)

    • Joint Issues for Task Force Meetings

  • Joint issues for both ICPs: focus on extended/less intensive monitoring (Lieke Vlaar, Netherlands)

    • Seperate Task Force meeting

  • Status, ongoing activities and workplan (Heleen De Wit & Kari Austnes, Norway)