Advancing FAIR and interoperable climate data: insights from latest Climate-Adapt4EOSC & FAIR2Adapt Joint Meeting !

On 9 October, a joint meeting between the FAIR2Adapt and Climate-Adapt4EOSC initiatives was the opportunity for an in-depth discussion on FAIRification, technical interoperability, and semantic interoperability.

During the session, ontologies developed within the Horizon Europe C2IMPRESS project were presented and examined for their potential reuse within Climate-Adapt4EOSC. These ontologies demonstrate significant potential to enhance semantic alignment and support the integration of heterogeneous datasets across climate adaptation platforms.

The workshop further addressed methodological and technical frameworks that underpin the implementation of FAIR principles. Discussions focused on the 3-Point FAIRification approach, FAIR Implementation Profiles (FIPs), and Semantic Interoperability Profiles (SIPs)—each offering structured means to assess and improve the FAIRness and interoperability of data resources. Additionally, the meeting introduced Pythia, an LLM-based semantic query and reasoning tool, which exemplifies the growing role of artificial intelligence in facilitating access to and interpretation of complex, semantically rich data.

Through the organisation of regular joint meetings, the FAIR2Adapt and Climate-Adapt4EOSC communities collaborate to advance a shared understanding of how FAIR principles and semantic technologies can enhance the interoperability and reusability of climate adaptation knowledge across the European research landscape.

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