Destination Earth (DestinE) is Europe’s flagship initiative to build an interactive, high-precision digital model of the Earth.
Under the Horizon Europe call HORIZON-INFRA-2024-TECH-01-03: New Digital Twins for Destination Earth, three projects—TerraDT, UrbanAIR, and Weather Generator—have been launched in January 2025 to address key gaps in the current DestinE system.
This webinar aims at showcasing how each project focuses on a distinct but complementary aspect of Earth system representation: the cryosphere and land surface (TerraDT), urban heat and air quality (UrbanAIR), and probabilistic weather and climate scenarios (WeatherGenerator).
Participants will learn how to engage with these projects and how these initiatives will deliver new data, modelling and user-facing capabilities to inform climate policy, urban planning, and disaster preparedness. A short interactive session will be used to collect feedback from the audience, followed by a panel discussion to reflect on the convergence of modelling efforts and future steps.
Who should attend?
This webinar is open and free, upon mandatory registration. The event is especially addressed to anyone interested in the future of Digital Twins for climate, environmental, and urban applications. Among all, it may be particularly relevant for:
- Researchers and scientists working on climate and Earth system modelling, urban meteorology, and air quality, who are interested in engaging with these three new Horizon Europe-funded projects advancing regional and local Digital Twin capabilities.
- Technology developers and infrastructure providers, including those working in high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and modelling platforms, who wish to learn about emerging technical approaches and opportunities for collaboration.
- Contributors to the Destination Earth initiative, including members of the Core Service Platform, Data Lake, and other related components.
- Policymakers and institutional stakeholders at European and national levels involved in climate adaptation, sustainability, and digital innovation.
Public authorities and urban planners working at regional and city level, especially those focused on climate resilience, environmental health, and risk preparedness, who can benefit from the early results and use-case/model frameworks presented.