Development of a web application for climate change adaptation in Thailand

Abstract

There is no doubt about the warming of the climate system, and it is widely accepted by a society that adaptation measures are important to reduce the negative impact of climate change on society. However, there are socio-economic obstacles to the promotion of climate change countermeasures. In other words, to implement climate change adaptation measures, not only the economic efficiency of the measures, but also fairness, consistency with existing policies, and cultural acceptability must be considered. Moreover, future forecasts contain uncertainty. Therefore, it is very difficult to formulate adaptation measures and consider policy priorities. The purpose of the study is to create a web application that shows the risk of natural disasters and the socioeconomic status of the region, targeting Thailand, which is one of the countries affected by climate change to solve the above problems. We basically developed web applications using freeware. As the result, the user can grasp the risk situation of natural disasters in Thailand as a whole, and grasp the industrial structure, agricultural production structure, and poverty situation in each region. This application is expected to promote understanding of the impacts of climate change among stakeholders and to support discussions on policy priorities.