Destination Earth: Creating the Planet's Digital Twin

Destination Earth is a high precision digital model of the
Earth. 


It is the EU’s flagship initiative to create a digital replica of
our entire planet. "This replica is a Digital
Twin in fact. It’s a gigantic task, that requires the
world’s biggest computing to create the most precise data to
tackle climate change.” That’s how Dr. Peter Bauer describes this
7 billion Euro project which he heads. 


It's part of the EU’s Green Deal to tackle
climate change and it is meant to provide pinpoint evidence-based
support to enable Member States to implement the green
transformation. Destination Earth aims to provide the complex
software and hardware environment needed for the next generation
of very high-resolution prediction models. By 2030, a full
digital replica of Earth and all its resources is expected to
have been achieved. 


DestinE Actors: The EU Commission leads in
coordination with Member States and Associated Countries and with
the European Space Agency, the European Centre for Medium-Range
Weather Forecasts and European Organisation for the Exploitation
of Meteorological Satellites. 


Peter Bauer talks  about:


- How Destination Earth can help the planet to heal - first
digitally, then in reality


- How to improve our understanding of climate change and
enable solutions at global, regional and local level


- How to predict where to live safely for the next five
decades


- How to provide pinpoint evidence-based support to implement the
Green Transformation


- What Destination Earth has in common with the Metaverse


- This immense multi-stakeholder approach 


- Obstacles and finances including the impact of the energy
crisis


- The search for excellent talent