DestinE Uses
Global Freshwater Availability
June 2024 - April 2026
Providing globales estimates of global freshwater availability and insights into future flood and drought events.
Adaptation Modelling Framework for Heat Stress Exposure
November 2023 - April 2025
TECNALIA* research organisation uses Destination Earth’s Climate Adaptation digital twin (Climate DT) to develop an interactive tool supporting decision-makers in the assessment of different adaptation.
Wildfires Evolution
September 2022 - April 2026
Providing a refined view of wildfire risks in a changing climate.
Onshore & Offshore Wind Energy Information
September 2022 - April 2026
Providing information on key global indicators relevant to the wind farm industry at various temporal and spatial scales.
Simulating the Future of Extreme Events
September 2022 - April 2026
Developing a catalogue of simulated extreme events with information from the high-resolution Climate DT data stream.
Urban Heat Island Effect
February 2023 - October 2024
This use case provides high-resolution urban heat maps for cities across Europe to underpin and motivate urban climate adaptation measures that are being developed.
Energy Systems
January 2023 - October 2024
To make power system resilient to meteorological events happening on short time scales and climate change, this use case intends to improve energy system modelling for grid planning and resources adequacy assessment.
Air Quality
January 2023 - April 2024
Developing an interactive air quality forecasting analysis system to assess the population exposure.
More Resilient City Planning
September 2022 - April 2024
Providing a heat stress index to allow urban planners to have a better understanding of the best adaptation practices against extreme temperatures in urban environments.
Changes in the Water Cycle
September 2022 - April 2024
Providing global estimates of river runoff and freshwater availability to support climate adaptation measures.
Disaster Risk Mitigation & Climate Adaptation
February 2023 - October 2024
This DestinE Use Case provides an opportunity to obtain higher-resolution meteorological forecasts and climate projections contributing towards keeping people safe from flooding, now and for the future.
Forestry
February 2023 - April 2024
The Harvester Seasons service for forestry, a web based service, developed by Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI, provided a Destination Earth Use Case with new high-resolution maps for forest trafficability over Europe.