Indonesia’s Climate-Related Disasters and Health Adaptation Policy in the Build-Up to COP26 and Beyond

Abstract

In recent years, Indonesia has experienced rapid increases in severe climate-related disasters have dramatically impacted populations unevenly; the poor and the vulnerable populations are most affected, and adaptive measures are urgently needed to protect and mitigate the impact on their health. However, very little is known about the existing measures addressing climate-related disasters and health impacts among vulnerable groups. WHO established a Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management framework to urge governments and relevant actors to systematically collect evidence to develop science-based feasible adaptive strategies for priority groups. This study used scoping review methods to identify the action areas of Health-EDRM in policy documents in Indonesia, its content, and any potential gaps that require further study. The results from the documents’ review were then reported and discussed at a national stakeholder consultation meeting. This study has identified several achievements, lessons learned, and challenges from strategies and policies for health adaptation in facing climate-related disasters in Indonesia. This study also proposed strategies and recommendations to support mobilizing and accelerating health adaptation actions towards climate-related disasters in Indonesia.

Knowledge management strategy for managing disaster and the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: SWOT analysis based on the analytic network process

“…The results of the current study also show that the KM implementation strategy also needs to be focused on building commitment from local leaders in implementing KM, and increasing effort and innovation for knowledge management services with wider support and collaboration. This is also in line with earlier studies which found that one of the most important organisational limitations was the reluctance of policymakers to appreciate the importance of disaster and pandemic mitigation [ [39] , [40] , [41] , [42] ]. Additionally, organisational memory, a crucial component of the cognitive aspect of learning in disasters for regional self-governance units, has not been fully developed.…”

Prediksi Hujan untuk Manajemen Bencana dan Risiko Pertanian

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Di antara tiga bencana alam utama, geologi, biologi, dan hidrometeorologi, bencana hidrometeorologi terjadi paling sering (~90%) dan berdampak paling merugikan (Zeng, 2018; BNPB, 2021;Oktari et al, 2022). Bencana hidrometeorologi yang sering terjadi di Indonesia adalah banjir, tanah longsor dan aliran debris akibat hujan lebat, gelombang tinggi, kebakaran hutan dan lahan, kekeringan, serta cuaca ekstrim seperti angin puting beliung maupun siklon tropis.

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“…Bencana hidrometeorologi yang sering terjadi di Indonesia adalah banjir, tanah longsor dan aliran debris akibat hujan lebat, gelombang tinggi, kebakaran hutan dan lahan, kekeringan, serta cuaca ekstrim seperti angin puting beliung maupun siklon tropis. Selama 20 tahun terakhir, setidaknya terdapat rata-rata 42 kematian per 1,000,000 populasi akibat banjir di Indonesia (Oktari et al, 2022).…”