This call aims to advance Earth System Models (ESMs) to improve our understanding and predictive capabilities regarding future changes in the Earth system, from global to local scales and from weather to climate timescales. Projects funded under this call are expected to enhance the simulation of regional climate variability, including extreme events and the regional water cycle, particularly precipitation.

The actions should strengthen collaboration and cross-fertilisation across different modelling approaches to contribute to the next generation of ESMs. By improving the representation of key Earth system processes, interactions, and feedbacks, the projects will support the long-term scientific, modelling, and evidence base necessary for European and international policies.

Projects should address improving the simulation of the coupled Earth system and its sensitivity to natural and anthropogenic forcings, with better representation of processes such as the interplay between global change and regional climate variability, terrestrial-ocean-climate interactions, coupled climate-carbon-water cycle feedbacks, and aerosol-cloud-climate forcing. They should also bring together and further improve existing and new observational and reanalysis datasets, models, emulators, and analysis tools.

Actions should exploit state-of-the-art digital technologies like machine learning, big data analytics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI), promoting the highest standards of transparency and openness. Collaboration with other projects and initiatives is encouraged to maximise complementarities and synergies.

Opening Date: 06 May 2025
Deadline: 24 September 2025

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This funding opportunity represents a pre-agreed draft that has not yet been officially approved by the European Commission. The final, approved version is expected to be published in the first quarter of 2025. This draft is provided for informational purposes and may be used to preliminarily form consortia and develop project ideas, but it is offered without any guarantees or warranties.