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Project Information Sheet
Project Title
City4Climate – Urban Digital Twins for Climate Action
Project Code
2025.00141.DT4ST
Beneficiary / Coordinating Entity
Universidade Nova de Lisboa – NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS)
Principal Investigator (PI)
Miguel de Castro Simões Ferreira Neto
Thematic Area / Scientific Domain
Thematic Area: Decarbonization
Scientific Domain: Computer Science and Information Science
Funding
Agência para a Reforma Tecnológica do Estado (ARTE) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) | Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência (PRR)
Research and Development Partners
Universidade Nova de Lisboa | Associação Porto Digital | Ubiwhere | TekPrivacy | Porto Business School | University of Aveiro | Lisboa E-Nova | AdEPorto | DevScope | CCG/ZGDV ICT Innovation Institute
Partner Municipalities
Municipality of Porto | Municipality of Lisbon | Municipality of Guimarães | Municipality of Aveiro | Municipality of Oeiras | Municipality of Famalicão
Project Duration
01/04/2025 to 31/06/2026
Total Budget
€1,499,803.58
Project Summary
This project, aligned with the National Strategy for Smart Territories (ENTI) and its reference architecture, aims to develop and implement a Digital Twin (DT) framework to support climate action governance in Portuguese cities. The initiative focuses on Porto, Lisbon, and Guimarães — all part of the EU Cities Mission — and includes capacity-building for the collaborating cities of Aveiro, Oeiras, and Famalicão. The proposed framework will integrate real-time data, predictive analytics, and scenario modelling, enabling improved decision-making processes and accelerating decarbonization efforts in line with the Cities Climate Contracts (CCC).
Project Objectives
- Implement a Digital Twin architecture incorporating real-time data, forecasting, and scenario simulation in Lisbon, Porto, and Guimarães.
- Promote replication and capacity-building so that other cities may adopt digital climate governance models.
- Develop a scalable and interoperable model aligned with European standards, integrating data, indicators, and governance processes.
Main Activities (Work Packages)
- Project Coordination and Management
- Climate Action Foundations: Processes, Indicators, and Data
- Digital Twin Specification and Architecture
- Digital Twin Implementation
- Data Management and Security
- Pilots and Validation (Porto, Guimarães, Lisbon)
- Communication, Dissemination, and Exploitation
- Impact Assessment and Sustainability
Expected Results
- Digital Twin architecture and technical specifications
- Reports on data management, implementation, and security
- Operational pilots in the three cities
- Interactive Digital Twin demonstration portal
- Final impact assessment and recommendations
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Press contacts
Belén Zuazo | Communication Lead | mbelluscio@novaims.unl.pt