On September 10-11, 2024, we officially launched the Mediterranean Digital Twin Network for Understanding Climate Extremes project—MeDiTwin—in a virtual meeting. MeDiTwin brings together four exceptional partners: the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), the University of Valencia (UVEG), and the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPG), showcasing the strength of collaboration, uniting the expertise of leading European partners in AI for Earth Observation with advanced technologies and research methods, including cloud computing, digital twins, physics-informed machine learning, explainable AI, and causality analysis.
As a widening project coordinated by NTUA (Greece), MeDiTwin aims to enhance NTUA’s capacities through dedicated training and mobility programs led by the partner institutions. Over the next 2.5 years MeDiTwin will establish a climate extremes network for the Mediterranean region,enhancing the understanding of climate extreme events and making significant contributions to climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. The cornerstone of the project is the Mediterranean Digital Twin (MDT), a powerful tool designed to simulate and analyze climate-related events
MeDiTwin is funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Coordination and Support Actions under Grant Agreement No. 101159723.
More information: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101159723