On 17th February 2022, Dr Harkunti Rahayu met with Alok Sharma, President of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, and His Excellency, Owen Jenkins, British Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia.
The Huddersfield and ITB team have also been exploring the impact on tsunami warning services, evacuation, and sheltering during COVID-19. They developed a survey instrument in conjunction with Working Group 1 Tsunami Risk, Community Awareness and Preparedness of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning & Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWMS) of the Intergovernmental …
Drawing upon the results of an extensive desk study, a research presentation (remote) was made to the Symposium on Improving preparedness and response for multi-hazard scenarios in the midst of a pandemic, under sub-theme 6: Early warning and risk communication strategies on multi-hazard scenarios for concurrent and cascading hazards. The symposium was held on 16th & …
In November 2021, the ITB team were able to carry out fieldwork in Padang. This included conducting stakeholder engagement/focus group discussion in Padang City with 30+ participants from 12 local agencies including BPBD Kota Padang, KOGAMI, ORARI Kota Padang, KSB Parupuk Tabing, TES Nurulhaq, KSP PRP Tabing, Jemari Sakato, PMI Kota Padang, KSB SMA Pertiwi, …
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A research presentation was made at the APRU Multi-Hazard Symposium in November 2021 (https://drrc.ui.ac.id/apru2021/). The presentation was made based on the desk-based study, which consisted of an in-depth systematic and narrative review. The research presentation was made on Key challenges in disseminating Tsunami Early Warning to the local level. APRU is a network of 61 …
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In November 2021, the project was reported by Dr Harkunti Rahayu at the Intersessional Meeting of the ICG/IOTWMS under action items of ICG/IOTWMS Working Group 1 Tsunami Risk, Community Awareness & Preparedness. It was agreed that the project findings will be presented at the ICG/IOTWMS-XIII meeting, May 2022, Bali, Indonesia.
Dr Rahayu and Professor Amaratunga contributed to the discussions on the strategic pathway for further international cooperation for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning & Mitigation System within the UN Decade for Ocean Science, in protecting communities from the world’s most dangerous waves. The core aim of the discussions were to develop a framework for action …
A research poster on ‘improving local capacities for Tsunami early warning’ was presented at the 5th Global summit of GADRI. The research findings were based on an in-depth systematic and narrative review. The biennial Global Summit Series was initiated by the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Uji Campus, Kyoto Japan, in November 2011. …
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Professor Richard Haigh was an invited panel expert for The Royal Society’s ‘The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development – science we need for the ocean we want’ initiative, which published a report on how the UK can make a successful research contribution to the Ocean Decade. Further information and a copy of …