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📣 New Projects Launched: Digital Twins as a Tool for Climate-Resilient Urban Planning

The Federal Ministry of Education, Research and Space (#BMFTR) is funding seven new projects and a supporting research and coordination project to develop Urban Digital Twins (#UDT) for climate-resilient urban planning.

👉 More: https://52north.org/news/digital-twins-for-climate-resilient-urban-planning/

🗞️ Official kick-off press release: https://www.fona.de/de/aktuelles/nachrichten/2026/04/260427_Auftaktveranstaltung_UDZ-Klimaanpassung.php

#digitaltwins #digitalezwillinge #LinkUDT

😄 Thanks to nexus e.V. for the pic!

📣 We invite you to join us for more compelling topics at the #EGU26 ‼️ ️

Interested in learning how you can improve spatial data discovery by overcoming existing challenges in #SDIs and leveraging natural language queries?

Join us for a PICO talk on Using Large Language Models to Enhance Spatial Data Discovery in Spatial Data Infrastructures.

📅 Wednesday, May 6, 2026,
🕓 16:44–16:46
👉 https://52north.org/events/egu-general-assemly-2026/

#LLM #spatialdatadiscovery

@EuroGeosciences

💡#EGU26 *highlight* Pico talk 💡

Simon Jirka focuses on positioning Urban Digital Twins (#UDTs) as key tools to accelerate urban planning in his talk "LINK Urban Digital Twinning (#LINKUDT): Advancing Climate Adaptation and Planning Acceleration through Interoperable Digital Twin Ecosystems".

📅 Thursday, May 7, 2026
🕓 16:22–16:24

👉 More information: https://52north.org/events/egu-general-assemly-2026/

#digitaltwins #urbandigitaltwins #urbanplanning #climateadaptation #interoperability

@EuroGeosciences

📣 Benedikt Gräler discusses how co-designed interoperable geospatial information tools support Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management during the Climate Resilience and Disaster Management session at the upcoming Geospatial World Forum 2026 in Amsterdam.

📅 Friday, May 1, 2026
🕓 1415 – 1500
🗣️ Panel Discussion: Strengthening Disaster Management through Integrated Geospatial Systems

#CCA #DRM #climateresilience #geospatial #GWF2026

📣 Join the first webinar in the #DIRECTED Webinar Series exploring how #RealWorldLabs are helping regions turn climate risk analysis into real-world decisions.

27 March 2026 | 11:00 CET

👉 Register here: https://tinyurl.com/directed-webinar1

#climatechangeadaptation #climate

Good news from the #TwinShip General Assembly in Valencia. We are all making good progress and are on (even ahead of) schedule!
Check out our accomplishments on the #WRT ( #WeatherRoutingTool )
https://blog.52north.org/2026/03/09/twinship-general-assembly-2026-in-valencia/ #routeoptimization

❓ Interested in streamlining your development of custom, map-centric web applications?

👉 Meet Open Pioneer Trails - a collaborative open-source project by 52°North and con terra GmbH.

Arne Vogt explores "Trails" in his recent blog post - Open Pioneer Trails: An Open-Source Framework for Map-Oriented Web Apps

:ac_lightbulb: https://blog.52north.org/2025/11/10/open-pioneer-trails/

#open Source #React, #TypeScript, #webapp #webmapping

Discover the stories behind the EU funded I-CISK Project's Living Labs!
New videos showcase the human-centred climate services across Europe and Africa.

👉 https://52north.org/news/i-cisks-human-centred-climate-services/

#CCA, #DRM, #climateservices #codesign

📢 Noch 2 Wochen, dann startet das 13. Deutsche Geoforum. Wir freuen uns, mit zwei Beiträgen dabei zu sein!

Am Mittwoch, dem 12. November, berichtet Sebastian Drost über die effiziente Suche nach hydrologischen #Echtzeitdaten. Benedikt Gräler wird von seinen Erfahrungen beim #CoDesign offener Klimadaten zu maßgeschneiderten #Informationsprodukten für die Anpassung an den Klimawandel und das #Katastrophenrisikomanagement erzählen.

#geoforum2025 #DIRECTED #ICISK #DRM #CCA #DDGI

"Fostering #interoperability of data, models, communication, and #governance for disaster resilience through transdisciplinary knowledge #coproduction" - invited prespectives from the #DIRECTED project team is now published.

👉 read more:
https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/25/3055/2025/

#DRM #CCA #disasterresilience

Would you like to learn more about the #DIRECTED Project's #datafabric - an interactive, centralized, web-based platform hosting a multitude of modeled climate data, designed by, and for, the people that live and work in the Real World Labs?

👉 Juila Kraatz explains: https://blog.52north.org/2025/10/17/our-shared-future-a-look-into-the-data-fabric/

#DRM #CCA #climatechange #citizenscience

At the recent #DIRECTED General Assembly, Julia Kraatz and Martin Pontius were able to take a closer look at how the Roskilde Fjord faces the challenges posed by extreme weather events. Meetings with local stakeholders explored how technology can support municipalities' climate change adaptation (#CCA) plans for a more cohesive, informed, and safer future.

Check out their blog post, in which they share their key insights and observations.

👉 https://blog.52north.org/2025/09/19/flood-protection-and-climate-change-adaptation-in-the-copenhagen-capital-region/

#DisasterRiskReduction

Interested in learining how to design and adapt climate services according to societal needs? Check out the new open online course on co-creation of human-centered Climate Services!

👉 Enroll now! https://icisk.eu/ihe-delft-launches-open-online-course-on-co-creation-of-human-centred-climate-services/
#ClimateServices #climatechange #codesign #CoCreation

We’ve just reached midterm at Google Summer of Code 2025.
👉 Check out what our Google Summer of Code students have accomplished so far.

Pranjal Goyal has been developing a lean migration strategy for complex codebases in the #KomMonitor web client.
https://blog.52north.org/2025/07/11/developing-the-lean-migration-strategy-for-complex-codebases/

Shreyas Ranganatha has been working on enhancing the #WeatherRoutingTool’s #geneticalgorithm
https://blog.52north.org/2025/07/18/enhancing-the-weatherroutingtools-genetic-algorithm/

#GSoC2025 #leanstrategy #softwarearchitecture #routeoptimization #MariData

📣 ECCA 2025 wrap up - three successful days, during which 52°North and partners demonstrated climate services (in I-CISK project) and work on disaster risk management (in DIRECTED project).
👉 https://blog.52north.org/2025/07/08/enabling-climate-change-adaptation-showcasing-innovative-tools-at-ecca-2025/

#ICISK #ECCA2025 #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateServices #CoCreation #LivingLabs #datafabric #DIRECTED #DRM #CCA

Going to #agit2025 ? Join our workshop on #municipalmonitoring for spatial development, focusing on #climateresilient #AgeAppropriate #urbandevelopment using #KomMonitor !

July 3rd, 10:30 am, Rm A1.052
Session 8F: WS: KomMonitor - Kommunales Monitoring zur Raumentwicklung

#climateresilience

We are super busy at the #ECCA2025 today!
Learn more about co-design of climate services (I-CISK project) at 11:00 in the Porto Room, how the Data Fabric (DIRECTED project) works at 16:30 in the Marina Room, and/or join the I-CISK project's special session at 16:00 in the Faro Room!

#climateservices, #DRM, #CCA, #datafabric #codesign

Anticipation rises for next week’s ECCA! The preparations are well underway.
✔️ Poster
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Visit the #DIRECTED booth to see our DIRECTED Data Fabric in action. In addition, join us at the collaborative booth featuring I-CISK Human Centred Climate Services and its related initiatives, where we'll be showcasing further #climateservices.
#ECCA2025 #drm #cca

👉 Check out the latest newsletter and discover what the I-CISK consortium members have been up to; for example, providing a new version of the climates services for the project's living labs.
https://52north.org/news/i-cisk-newsletter-issue-7/
#climateservices #codesign

The Future of the Climate is Now?!
Find out how the DIRECTED and I-CISK projects support user-centered climate solutions in our ever-changing world.
https://blog.52north.org/2025/06/02/the-future-of-the-climate-is-now/
#riskmitigation #climatechange #opensource #climateservices #DIRECTED #ICISK

Shreyas Ranganatha introduces his Google Summer of Code project on improving the genetic algorithm for multi-objective optimization in the Weather Routing Tool!

Find out more in his first blog post:
https://blog.52north.org/2025/05/27/extending-the-weather-routing-tool-introductory-blog-post/

#GSoC2025 #WeatherRoutingTool #routeoptimization #geneticalgorithms #MariData

Curious about how the emerging OGC API - Connected Systems standard can empower data managers and scientists to efficiently exchange observational data and #metadata? Then don’t miss Simon Jirka’s talk on “The OGC API - Connected Systems: An emerging standard for #interoperable sharing of observation data”

Oral | Thursday, 01 May, 09:45–09:55 (CEST) Room -2.92

#connectedsystems #OGCAPI #interoperability #EGU25

The latest I-CISK Project newsletter is available! Check out what the consortium has been up to in the past half year: empowering climate resilience, adapting to #climatechange and understanding drought managment in the living labs!
https://52north.org/news/i-cisk-newsletter-5/
#climateservices

Want to find out more about co-design and Climate Services? Julia Kraatz explains our general approach to co-designing preoperational Climate Services in the #ICISK project. Today @ 17:50, ESSI2.8 | Room G2 @EuroGeosciences #codesign #climateservices #EGU24

Assessing Risks in Case of a Disaster with the #RIESGOS Demonstrator System! We developed novel concepts and components for multi-risk assessment of natural hazards. More on the project: https://52north.org/news/assessing-risks-in-case-of-a-disaster/
#disastermanagement

DIRECTED consoritum visits the Horchheim Dam, which largely withstood the extreme rainfall event 2021. Currently under construction to reinforce the infrastructure for future events including improvements to prevent erosion.
#Disastermanagement #ClimateServices

Hot off the press - the #ICISK Newsletter Issue III ! Find out what exciting things the project partners have been up to: https://52north.org/delivery/I_CISK/I-CISK_Newsletter_Issue3.PDF #codesign #climateservices #livinglabs

52°North's @bengraeler attended this year's Geospatial World Forum #GWF23 in Rotterdam. He presented work from our #DIRECTED project and represented #DDGI at the #EUROGI General Assembly.
https://52north.org/news/geospatial-world-forum-2023/

Katharina Demmich brings us up-to-date on the #I-CISK and #directed projects ! #52NDays23

Don’t miss @bengraeler talk about collaborative models for improving climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Today, 1:30 - 3:00pm. GKI Session 5. #gwf2023 #DIRECTED #codesign #riskreduction #climateservices #livinglabs https://geospatialworldforum.org/geospatial-knowledge-infrastructure.php#tab391