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We now have enough knowledge, know-how and expertise to avoid creating new risks. Early warning systems are not the only instruments available to reduce the risks of climate-related disasters and we are far from helpless in the face of increasing climate-related phenomena; we know what needs to be done and we have solutions to mitigate their effects...
Indonesia has been urged to invest more in disaster research as the archipelago is among the most disaster-prone countries in the Asia Pacific region, reports the Jakarta Post. 'A fundamental rethink is needed as many governments still follow a short-sighted approach to disasters, paying less attention to adaptation, mitigation and preparedness,' said Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary of ESCAP...
Indonesia may team up with the Pacific Islands to put pressure on other countries to agree on a universal, legally binding climate agreement at the 21st, with more emphasis on adaptation to existing climate changes, reports the Jakarta Post. 'Given our similarity in the context of climate change, we always support steps taken by Pacific countries,' said the ministry’s spokesperson, Armanatha Nasir...
Impacts of disasters disproportionately affect the poor and vulnerable. From 2004-2014, Southeast Asia contributed to more than 50 percent of the total global disaster fatalities. In his opinion piece, Jonatan Lassa asserts that disaster preparedness is necessary. However, bolder commitment in risk reduction in ASEAN countries is needed to increase the disaster resiliency and to achieve by 2030 the Sendai Framework for DRR...
According to researchers from Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), there is a need for topography mapping and risk-reduction programs: 'The government could prepare for the impact of tsunami-triggering earthquakes should it have a map of the sea basin, especially in the southern part of Java Island, the country’s most populated region', Nugroho Dwi Hananto of LIPI told The Jakarta Post...
Authorities are applying rotating closures of roads leading to Mount Sinabung in the Karo regency, North Sumatra, to protect local residents from pyroclastic clouds, hot lava flows and volcanic ash in case the volcano erupts, the Karo Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has said, according to an article in the Jakarta Post...
Critical infrastructure devastated by the 2010 tsunami on the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, have not yet been rebuilt, reports the Jakarta Post. 'Some school-aged children can’t even go to school because there are no education facilities available,' said Mentawai Islands Deputy Regent Rijel Samaloisa...
World leaders are gathering in the northern Japanese city of Sendai to attend the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR), in which they will collectively establish new international guidelines for disaster risk reduction to replace the 10-year-old Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA)...
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