Expansion of National Climate Adaptation Information Platform Includes Agriculture and Health Data

Data integration efforts at the national level to address climate change are set to expand significantly. The government plans to enhance the climate adaptation information system by incorporating data from the agriculture and health sectors this year.

The National Institute of Environmental Research announced that it will hold the 8th expert discussion of the 'National Climate Crisis Adaptation Research Council' on June 26 at the Sejong University Daeyang AI Center in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul.

The discussion will focus on the current status and utilization of the 'National Climate Crisis Adaptation Information Integration Platform' under development, as well as future directions for expanding data integration. Approximately 100 experts from various government agencies and research institutions in fields such as environment, meteorology, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries are expected to participate and discuss inter-agency cooperation.

The integration platform will provide statistics and maps detailing the impacts, vulnerabilities, and response statuses of climate risks such as heavy rainfall, heatwaves, and cold snaps across different regions. It is designed with an artificial intelligence (AI) search function to help users easily find and utilize the information they need.

This year, efforts will focus on linking new data related to the impacts of heatwaves and cold snaps on public health, pest outbreaks, and changes in agricultural productivity in the agriculture and health sectors. This is expected to allow for a more comprehensive analysis of how climate change affects public health and food safety.

The discussion will also introduce the current status of the integration platform's development, the national climate crisis data construction system, and ways to utilize standard climate change scenarios. Additionally, case studies of adaptation information construction in areas such as marine and fisheries, agriculture, and ecosystems, as well as flood risk analyses, will be shared.

The National Institute of Environmental Research plans to complete the integration platform by 2028. It aims to sequentially integrate data from water environment and marine fisheries, agriculture and health, land transport and ecosystems, and forestry and industrial energy sectors to support the government's climate adaptation policies. The goal is to expand services so that citizens can easily access information on regional climate risks, agricultural productivity, and infectious diseases.

Lee Jong-cheon, head of the Climate and Carbon Research Division at the National Institute of Environmental Research, stated, "The key to this platform's construction is to organically connect data dispersed across various departments to enhance the national climate response capacity. We will do our best to provide practical services that allow everyone to easily utilize climate risk information in their daily lives."