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 Bauerdescribes 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