JOHN – Joint operations for monitoring anthropogenic and natural greenhouse gas emissions and sinks is a Horizon Europe project coordinated by NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, bringing together 17 beneficiaries.
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre – coordinator
NORCE is one of the largest research institutes in Norway and conducts both basic and applied research for both the public and private sectors. Its research and innovation activities cover energy, health, climate, the environment, society and technology. The institute works with organisations and businesses on scientific and technological questions relevant to society.
Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS)
The Integrated Carbon Observation System, ICOS, is a European-wide greenhouse gas research infrastructure. ICOS produces standardised data on greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, as well as on carbon fluxes between the atmosphere, the earth and oceans.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for international cooperation in meteorology, climatology and operational hydrology. It coordinates activities related to observing and understanding the atmosphere, weather, climate and water resources, and supports the exchange of meteorological and related data between countries.
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) is a multidisciplinary university in France offering undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral education. Its research activities are carried out through research centres and laboratories covering several scientific disciplines. The LSCE (Laboratory for Sciences of Climate and Environment) is a joint research unit affiliated with the CEA, the CNRS, and the UVSQ. It brings together scientists and engineers to study climate change, climate modeling, and biogeochemical cycles.
Laboratory for Sciences of Climate and Environment (LSCE)
The LSCE (Laboratory for Sciences of Climate and Environment) is a joint research unit affiliated with the CEA, the CNRS, and the UVSQ. It brings together scientists and engineers to study climate change, climate modeling, and biogeochemical cycles.
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an international research institute that develops and applies systems analysis to environmental, economic and societal questions. Its research examines interactions between natural and socioeconomic systems and identifies policy options related to environmental impacts, resilience and sustainable development.
Lund University
Lund University is a Swedish university founded in 1666. It provides higher education and conducts research across a range of disciplines. The university has approximately 47,000 students and 8,800 staff, with activities based in Lund, Helsingborg, Malmö and Ljungbyhed. One of the focus areas of Lund University is on environmental and sustainability challenges; within John the Department of Earth and Environmental Science is representing Lund University. Lund University also hosts the ICOS Carbon Portal.
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an independent intergovernmental organisation supported by its Member States. It is both a research institute and a 24/7 operational service, producing and disseminating weather forecasts and related data to its Member and Co-operating States and other users. Its activities also include atmospheric modelling, data assimilation and climate-related services. ECMWF provides a direct pathway to the C3S and CAMS Copernicus Services implemented by ECMWF.
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University combines high-impact research, meaningful teaching, and a deep sense of social responsibility that inspires our diverse community to make a difference here in Nova Scotia, across Canada, and on the global stage. Dalhousie’s contributions to JOHN will be lead by the Department of Information Science (DIS). The DIS seeks to explore and solve complex issues related to data, information, and knowledge and how they are created, organized, stored, preserved, accessed, and used by individuals, groups, organizations, and governments.
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) conducts marine research to identify environmental changes, analyse problems and develop possible solutions. Its research activities include the use of marine technologies, such as robotics, and the development of applications and methods for marine science.
Heidelberg University
Heidelberg University was founded in 1386 and is the oldest university in Germany. It conducts research and provides higher education across the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences and humanities. Its research activities include both disciplinary and interdisciplinary work, carried out through its faculties and research institutions. Within JOHN, Heidelberg University is represented by the Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), which investigates the Earth’s environment and climate system, including the atmospheric carbon cycle and greenhouse gases.
CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)
The CMCC Foundation is an independent, multidisciplinary research centre that studies climate change and its interactions with society. Its activities include climate modelling, the analysis of climate impacts and research on environmental and socioeconomic systems.
University of East Anglia (UEA)
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a research-intensive university in Norwich, United Kingdom. It is ranked 156th in The World’s Top Universities (TIME Magazine 2026) and is in the UK Top 25 for research quality (Times Higher Education Rankings 2026). Its School of Environmental Sciences is recognised globally for its high-impact academic work and interdisciplinary research, and is an internationally renowned centre for marine, atmospheric and climate research. In REF2021 the School of Environmental Sciences was in the top 10% of departments in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences in the UK.
National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
The United Kingdom’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is one of the world’s top ocean research institutions. NOC’s scientists work around the globe, uncovering links between the ocean, climate change and biodiversity loss, to help every living thing on our planet flourish. NOC solves challenging multidisciplinary, large scale, long-term marine science problems to underpin international and UK public policy, business and societal outcomes. Working with its partners, NOC provides long-term marine science capability including sustained ocean observations, mapping and surveying; data management; modelling and scientific research and advice. NOC operates the Royal Research Ships James Cook and Discovery and develops technology for coastal and deep ocean research.
Max Planck Society (MPG)
The Max Planck Society is a German research organisation established in 1948 as the successor to the Kaiser Wilhelm Society. Its institutes conduct basic research in the natural sciences, life sciences and humanities. The society’s research activities cover a range of scientific disciplines and are carried out through its network of research institutes. The Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry combines strong observational expertise (in-situ and remote sensing) with local to global scale biosphere and atmosphere modelling. The institute hosts the FLUXCOM initiative, whose products consist of state-of-the- art data-driven estimates of biospheric fluxes of CO2 using this observational expertise and machine learning.
The Inversion Lab (iLab)
The Inversion Lab (iLab) is an SME that was founded in Hamburg in 2015 by Dr. Thomas Kaminski. Mr. Michael Voßbeck is with the company from the beginning, Dr. Wolfgang Knorr joined in January 2020, and Prof Peter Rayner in September 2022. The iLab team has over 30 years of combined experience in modelling, data assimilation, inverse modelling, retrieval, Quantitative Network Design, development of derivative code, organisation of training events around data assimilation and inverse modelling, and project coordination. The team pioneered the field of Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation and have developed the Fossil Fuel Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation System (CCFFDAS), which simultaneously constrains fossil and natural CO2 emissions with atmospheric observations and which they operate in CAMS.
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a research-intensive university in the United Kingdom, providing undergraduate and postgraduate education and conducting research across several disciplines. Its research activities include environmental science, climate change, ecology, health and the social sciences, with interdisciplinary collaboration across its academic departments and research centres.
JPI Oceans – Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans
JPI Oceans is a transgovernmental platform for cooperation in marine and maritime research and innovation. It brings together ministries and funding agencies of its member countries to prioritise, structure, and fund transnational research and innovation for sustainably healthy and productive seas and oceans . Its thematic priorities cover ocean stewardship & governance, ocean health, and the ocean economy.