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Digital Twins of Earth: Testing Governance Before the Crisis Arrives

Landslide probability map of Italy showing risk zones in purple and orange based on precipitation data

ESA's Digital Twin Earth program creates real-time planetary simulations — not just to model floods or fire, but to stress-test governance responses before disaster strikes. It's scenario planning made operational, fed by satellite data and constrained by physics.

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