Destination Earth About DestinE Components National DestinE-related Activities Glossary Use Cases Community DestinE Community Subscribe to the newsletter Community Repository Procurements DestinE Procurements Other Procurements News & Events News Events Contribute to News & Events Newsletters Updates from the Entities Multimedia Videos & Podcasts Communications Kit FAQ Contact us Press & Media Visit DestinE Platform Building a highly accurate digital twin of the Earth Join DestinE's community Destination Earth Destination Earth is a flagship initiative of the European Commission to develop a highly-accurate digital model of the Earth (a digital twin of the Earth) to model, monitor and simulate natural phenomena, hazards and the related human activities. These groundbreaking features assist users in designing accurate and actionable adaptation strategies and mitigation measures. DestinE unlocks the potential of digital modelling of the Earth system at a level that represents a real breakthrough in terms of accuracy, local detail, access-to-information speed and interactivity. By pushing the limits of computing and climate sciences, DestinE is an essential pillar of the European Commission’s efforts towards the Green Deal and Digital Strategy. How DestinE is used DestinE supports tackling complex environmental challenges to: monitor and simulate the Earth’s system developments (land, marine, atmosphere, biosphere) and human interventions; anticipate environmental disasters and resultant socio-economic crises to save lives and avoid large economic downturns; enable the development and testing of scenarios for ever more sustainable development. DestinE Platform Access the unique ecosystem of services and leverage the power of Destination Earth. Visit the DestinE Platform Destination Earth System DestinE enables users to access thematic information, services, models, scenarios, simulations, forecasts and visualisations. The main components of the DestinE system are: DestinE Platform The platform provides evidence-based decision-making tools, applications and services, based on an open, flexible and secure cloud-based computing infrastructure. The platform is implemented by ESA. Data Lake The data lake brings together data from ESAEuropean Space Agency and EUMETSATEuropean Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological, as well as from Copernicus, and many other diverse sources, with new data from the Digital Twins. It allows discovery and data access as well as big data processing in the cloud. The Data Lake is implemented by EUMETSAT. Digital Twins and Digital Twin Engine DestinE is creating several digital replicas covering different aspects of the Earth system and based on state-of-the-art simulations and observations. ECMWFEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts More is implementing the Digital Twin Engine, the complex software and data services needed for Earth System digital replicas, as well as the first two digital twins; Climate Change Adaptation, which provide multidecadal simulations, and the Weather-induced Extremes twin, with both high-resolution forecasts and on-demand simulations. DestinE Timeline DestinE is being developed through the following key milestones: Official Launch 2022Official launch event of the initiative following the signing of the Contribution Agreements earlier in 2021. Development By 2023Development of the main components begins. Implementation By 2024All the components of the system (DestinE PlatformSelf-standing DestinE system component, interfacing with the More, Data Lake, Digital Twin Engine) have been developed. The DestinE PlatformSelf-standing DestinE system component, interfacing with the More and Data Lake have been transferred into operation. Demonstration of the first two digital twins on Weather-Induced Extremes and Climate Change Adaptation and the open core platform. Enhancement By 2026Further enhancement of the DestinE system and integration of additional digital twins and related services. Full Earth Replica By 2030A "full" digital replica of the Earth Who are DestinE’s Partners European Commission Leads and coordinates the implementation efforts among a core group of leading European organisations which will be responsible for developing the main elements of the initiative. Read more European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts ECMWFEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts More Responsible for the creation of the first two digital twins; Climate Adaptation and Weather-induced Extremes, as well as the creation of the Digital Twin Engine. Read more The European Space Agency ESAEuropean Space Agency Responsible for the DestinE Open Core ServiceRegular provision of technological capabilities, resources, More Platform, the user entry to the DestinE SystemSystem composed of the Platform, the Data Lake, and the Digi More. Based on a multi-cloud infrastructure, the platform will provide access to data, applications and services. Read more European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites Responsible for the DestinE DataEarth-system monitoring and prediction system output as prov More Lake : built from geographically distributed physical elements, offering discovery & data access to a large data portfolio (Digital Twins data and more) and big data processing near data. Read more Latest news Phase Three of DestinE has started. Heres what to expect July 16, 2026 Harnessing EuroHPC to build digital twins of the Earth July 7, 2026 News Three new services on DestinE July 2, 2026 View news archive Implemented by About DestinE Components National DestinE-related Activities Glossary Use Cases Community DestinE Community Subscribe to the newsletter Community Repository Procurements DestinE Procurements Other Procurements News & Events News Events Contribute to News & Events Newsletters Updates from the Entities Multimedia Videos & Podcasts Communications Kit FAQ Contact us Press & Media This joint DestinE website was developed with funding from the European Union and is currently being maintained through various ESA DestinE Platform consortia members. Privacy Terms