Between 2nd and 6th of September 2024, the Annual meeting of the European Meteorological Society (EMS) took place at the historical university building of Barcelona, an impressive venue from architectural and historic perspective.
The main topic of the conferences was „The role of weather and climate research in the achievement of a climate-neutral Europe“ which drew more than 1000 participants.
meteoblue contributed with:
- 4 persons attending the meeting in Barcelona
- 3 papers and presentations
- 1 poster
about the following topics:
Modelling Changes in Climate and Land Use in 2100 - the Importance for Business and Policy: Land demand for food production will double by 2100. With the current technology, continents such as Africa and Asia will only be able to source half of their food demand, so feeding their populations would require doubling productivity or area needed, which is unlikely possible on half of the area, due to decline in soil moisture availability. More details can be researched with data available through our climate+ interface.(Abstract Link)
Enhancing Urban Resilience to Heatwaves Fast through Public-Private Engagement: How cities use our city climate monitoring system (e.g. heat wave forecasting), and data usage for digital twins. Furthermore, the accuracy of the model was validated, and the advantages of the integration of measurements were analysed. (Abstract Link)
Enhancement of the meteoblue City Climate Model by Climate Projections to Assess Urban Climate Hazard: Urban areas are particularly expected to face challenges due to a combination of growing cities and climate change, which is why we have integrated climate projections (CMIP6) into our meteoblue City Climate Model (mCCM) to deliver reliable information for city planners, decision-makers, and companies. (Abstract Link)
Combining high-resolution wind downscaling with numerical weather prediction models: The study demonstrates that combining the WiCoMo high-resolution wind downscaling model with conventional NWP models significantly improves wind speed forecasting to better capture local wind effects and provide more accurate predictions of wind power output. While challenges remain, such as validating predictions at individual turbine sites and during specific weather conditions, the study highlights WiCoMo's potential to enhance wind speed forecasting for applications like renewable energy planning.(Abstract Link)
We listened to many fascinating contributions with a key focus on weather and climate-related impact forecasting (like heat waves, flooding, air quality), as well as climate change detection, trends and extremes. These are also areas where meteoblue is actively working on, like our climate change diagrams showing the development of climate change, climate risk assessments to detect potential future climate risks, or city climate solutions focussing on how the population can be protected in case of extreme heat, which is becoming more likely due to climate change in the future. In addition, we had intense, productive, friendly and entertaining exchanges with conference participants from more than 20 countries, and came home with lots of good memories and inspiration.
Overall, the conference was a very stimulating and useful environment for establishing new connections and meeting (scientific) partners. We already look forward to participate at the next conference 2025 in Slovenia.
