Climate Digital Twin project meeting and hackathon held in Hamburg
NOTE: This is an excerpt from a news article originally published on ECMWF
From 11 to 15 November 2024, around 70 experts and partners from all over Europe came together for the Climate Digital Twin (Climate DT) project meeting and hackathon. The event took place at the Betahaus Hafencity in Hamburg, where participants gathered to accelerate progress in the second phase of the ambitious EU initiative Destination Earth (DestinE).
Occuring just over six months into DestinE’s second phase, the project meeting and hackathon were a good opportunity for scientists working on the Climate DT to meet in person. The aim of the project meeting on 11 November was to discuss crucial steps in Phase II towards developing an operational framework for the Climate DT, a novel operational capability for multi-decadal projections at km-scale.
The discussions focused on key areas that are critical to advancing the Climate DT, including:
- Updating data portfolio to meet user requirements
- Integrating model upgrades for improved simulation quality
- Seamless integration of impact sector applications and global climate models in the operational workflow
- Optimising climate model configurations for more efficient resource usage on supercomputers like LUMI and Mare Nostrum 5
- Use of AI to augment the Climate DT capabilities
- Transitioning towards an operational workflow for climate simulations
