ID: 1627
Presenting Author: Young-il Song
Session: 665 - Planning Support Systems for Environmental Assessment and Urban Decision-Making
Status: pending
This presentation introduces an integrated platform for climate change impact assessment linking multiple sectors, evaluating cascading risks, and supporting evidence-based adaptation policy
Climate change exerts simultaneous and interconnected impacts across multiple sectors, including health, water, agriculture, forestry, and ecosystems. In South Korea, climate change is progressing more rapidly than the global average, leading to increasing frequency and intensity of extreme events such as heatwaves, cold spells, floods, and droughts. The impacts of these events are interlinked, generating cascading risks related to public health, water resources, food security, and ecosystems. This growing complexity calls for integrated impact assessment approaches that capture intersectoral interactions and support evidence-based adaptation strategies.In response, a national research project has been launched to develop an Integrated Climate Change Impact Assessment Platform that connects sectoral models and supports adaptation policy. The project focuses on five key sectors—health, water, agriculture, forest, and ecosystem—developing models to quantify impacts and vulnerabilities. Intersectoral linkage functions integrate sectoral outputs, enabling users to assess cascading risks and adaptation effectiveness in a unified framework. This session will present: (1) the development of five sectoral assessment models; (2) the structure of the integrated platform linking these models; and (3) methodologies for outlining risk-based adaptation strategies. By combining modeling, scenario analysis, and policy applications, this platform provides decision-makers with a practical tool for climate-resilient planning and impact reduction.
Young-Il Song is the President of the Korean Society of Climate Change Research and a Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Environment Institute (KEI).
Coauthor 1: Chang Seop Shim
Coauthor 2: J.H. Park
Coauthor 3: A. Kim
Coauthor 4: E.B. Lee