Digital urban climate twin for climate-informed urban planning

Singapore faces a slew of challenges when dealing with climate change, ranging from warmer temperatures to unpredictable climate. With the advent of supercomputing, a digital urban climate twin can be a innovate solution to predict and inform mitgation strategies.

Dr Heiko Aydt, Lead Investigator of Digital Urban Climate Twin R&D at external pageCooling Singaporecall_made, presents how a digital urban climate twin can be used to simulate the impact of heat mitigation measures before they are implemented. His talk, titled 'Supercomputing for Climate-informed Urban Planning', will examine how the how our Simulation-as-a-Service approach bridges the gap between supercomputing and climate-informed urban planning.

Organised by the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore, the webinar also features a presentation on Sea-Level Rise Emergency, and concludes with a live Q&A and moderated panel discussion.

Programme:

3:00pm – 3:05pm: Introduction by NSCC

3:05pm – 3:25pm: Presentation on Supercomputing for Climate-informed Urban Planning by Dr Heiko Aydt

3:25pm – 3:45pm: Presentation on Sea-Level Rise Emergency by Prof Benjamin Horton (Director, Earth Observatory of Singapore)

3:45pm – 4:15pm: Live Q&A and moderated panel discussion (Moderated by Prof Jeff Obbard, Head of Climate Science Research Office, Centre for Climate Research Singapore, Meteorological Service Singapore)

4:15pm – 4:20pm: Closing by NSCC