Join our virtual seminar on Tuesday, 27 January 2026, from 09:00 to 12:00 CET, exploring the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in weather and climate prediction. The webinar will take place online via Zoom. Registration is now open.
Experiences and lessons learned from Destination Earth
The use of AI in weather and climate forecasting has advances rapidly in recent years. While the potential that AI offers are immense, it also raises ethical concerns, particularly when we move away from established physical models.
As a groundbreaking initiative in the use of AI, the European Union’s Destination Earth (DestinE) initiative awarded a contract to Atos Germany and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in October 2024 to explore and develop a framework for the ethical implementation of AI within the initiative and provide guidance for its users. The work aims to raise awareness about potential ethical challenges and give AI developers and service providers confidence that their projects align with shared European values.
What to expect
This seminar will share insights from the DestinE initiative and offer guidance on how AI developments can be best supported through awareness and AI literacy.
This session will feature presentations and open discussions on the current ideas and draft guidelines for best practices. Your feedback will be valuable in enhancing these guidelines. Please join us and contribute to the conversation.
A detailed agenda and list of speakers will be shared here soon.
Please note: This webinar will be recorded. By registering, you consent to the recording and understand that the recording may be shared with attendees and for future reference.
Credits title image: AdobeStock – Song_about_summer
Destination Earth is a European Union funded initiative launched in 2022, with the aim to build a digital replica of the Earth system by 2030. The initiative is being jointly implemented by three entrusted entities: the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) responsible for the creation of the first two ‘digital twins’ and the ‘Digital Twin Engine’, the European Space Agency (ESA) responsible for building the ‘Core Service Platform’, and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), responsible for the creation of the ‘Data Lake’.
We acknowledge the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking for awarding this project strategic access to the EuroHPC supercomputers LUMI, hosted by CSC (Finland) and the LUMI consortium, Marenostrum5, hosted by BSC (Spain) Leonardo, hosted by Cineca (Italy) and MeluXina, hosted by LuxProvide (Luxembourg) through a EuroHPC Special Access call.
More information about Destination Earth is on the Destination Earth website and the EU Commission website.
For more information about ECMWF’s role visit ecmwf.int/DestinE
For any questions related to the role of ECMWF in Destination Earth, please use the following email links:
