Issue Using science to sustain healthy lives in the world's fastest-ageing society and counter rising threats

Summary

The plan states that Korea has the steepest ageing trend in the world. This poses the task of using science and technology to maintain healthy lives and communities while minimizing social costs. Threats to daily life such as the climate crisis, natural disasters, safety incidents and crime are also on the rise. The plan calls for fundamental, science-based solutions to these threats rather than piecemeal responses. It presents charts on healthy life expectancy compared with life expectancy and on climate change projections for the Korean Peninsula as background.