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On June 1, 2026, the E-CONTRAIL 2 consortium inaugurated its research activities at the Puerta de Toledo Campus of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). This initiative, officially titled “Multi-Sensor Physics-Informed Contrail Detection, Radiative Forcing Estimation & Interactive Climate Analytics,” represents a significant advancement in European efforts to quantify and mitigate the non-CO2 climate impacts of aviation. Scientific Continuity E-CONTRAIL 2 is a SESAR 3 Join

The E-CONTRAIL project concluded on 30 November 2025 , after two years and a half of intense research since its launch in June 2023. We are extremely proud of the progress made in advancing the understanding of contrails and aviation-induced cloudiness , a major and still uncertain contributor to aviation’s non-CO₂ climate impact. Throughout the project, the consortium produced advanced AI detection tools, radiative forcing evaluations, and predictive models. These are key co