IndoClimate
A conversational AI system for sharing climate change information and policy updates in Indonesia.
Overview
IndoClimate is a conversational AI system built to help disseminate climate change information and policy updates within the Indonesian context. It is part of the KONEKSI programme, a knowledge partnership funded by the Indonesian and Australian governments (2023–2025), carried out with Deakin University.
Motivation
Climate policy and scientific findings are often communicated in formats that are hard for a general audience to navigate, and Indonesian-language material is comparatively scarce. IndoClimate packages that information behind a chat interface so that people can ask questions in natural language and get grounded, context-appropriate answers.
What it does
- Answers user questions about climate change and related policy in Indonesian.
- Grounds responses in curated source material to support the counter-infodemic goal of the wider project.
- Is deployed as a public tool rather than a research prototype only.
Team
- UGM: Arif Nurwidyantoro, Yunita Sari, Muhammad Oriza Nurfajri, Faturahman Yudanto
- Deakin University: Xiao Liu, Oscar Wu
Funding and partners
- KONEKSI (Knowledge Partnership Platform Australia–Indonesia), funded by the Australian and Indonesian governments (2023–2025).
- The collaboration with Deakin University began with a KONEKSI ECC grant accepted in 2023.
Status
The chatbot is operational and hosted on the Counter Infodemic website at counterinfodemic.org/tool/indo-chatbot.