GPDRR: Indonesia offers sustainable resilience to tackle disaster risk
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JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 26, 2022/Antara News Agency=KYODO JBN/--
At the 2022 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) event, the
Government of Indonesia offered the world the concept of sustainable resilience
as a solution to address the challenges of systemic disaster risk.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo highlighted this concept at the opening
ceremony of the 2022 GPDRR in Nusa Dua, here, on Wednesday.
The sustainable resilience concept is considered to be a solution to tackle all
forms of disasters, including facing a pandemic and concurrently supporting the
implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Jokowi remarked.
He highlighted the need to apply several measures to build sustainable
resilience.
"First, we should strengthen an anticipatory, responsive, and adaptive disaster
preparedness culture as well as institutions in dealing with disasters,"
President Jokowi stated.
According to the president, disaster mitigation education and government
institutions that are synergistic and responsive to disasters must become a
shared priority.
Jokowi explained that the second measure deemed necessary is for every country
to invest in science, innovation, and technology, including in ensuring access
to finance and technology transfer.
"Access to funding is an important issue that we must take seriously. Indonesia
has developed a strategy for funding and disaster insurance by establishing a
pooling fund and using development funds at local levels to support disaster
mitigation and preparedness," he stated.
The third measure is by building infrastructure that is resilient to disasters
and climate change.
"(This is) in addition to mitigating (the impacts on) physical infrastructure,
such as dams, breakwaters, reservoirs, and embankments; green infrastructure,
such as mangrove forests, shrimp seedlings on the coast; ... as well as the
development of open spaces to be part of the realization of infrastructure
development," Jokowi pointed out.
"The protection of vulnerable groups living in high disaster risk areas must
also get special attention," he stressed.
Lastly, the Indonesian president invited all countries to commit to
implementing global agreements at the national and local levels.
"The Sendai Framework, the Paris Agreement, and the SDGs are important
international agreements in the efforts to reduce disaster risk and climate
change. I invite all countries to be committed and serious about implementing
it," Jokowi stated.
He affirmed that disaster risk reduction is an effective investment to prevent
future losses.
"To that end, we affirm Indonesia's commitment to implementing the Sendai
Framework as well as other international commitments," he stressed.
The head of state also expressed Indonesia's readiness to share experiences and
knowledge in disaster mitigation.
"As a disaster-prone country, Indonesia has accumulated knowledge and
experience that can be an important lesson for the world, but Indonesia is also
eager to learn from international experience," Jokowo emphasized.
"Let's work together to mitigate (impacts and manage risks with regard to) the
rise in disasters for a better life today and tomorrow," he concluded.
Appreciation
On the occasion, several United Nations (UN) officials -- President of the 76th
Session of the UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid, UN Deputy Secretary General
Amina Mohammed, and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for
Disaster Risk Reduction Mami Mizutori -- lauded Indonesia for being successful
in controlling COVID-19, so that the 2022 GPDRR forum could be held in-person
in Nusa Dua, Bali.
"I would like to convey the appreciation of the UN to the president of
Indonesia and the people for hosting the 2022 GPDRR," Mohammed stated at the
opening ceremony.
"I would like to congratulate and appreciate Indonesia for the measures that
have been taken to address COVID (as a) response that had allowed us to meet in
this conference here in-person," she stated.
According to the UN deputy secretary general, Indonesia's efforts to vaccinate
its population of 217 million people is a major achievement.
"We applaud the leader of Indonesia for its vaccine program for keeping
everyone safe and reacting and responding to the COVID pandemic," she stated.
She also affirmed that Indonesia is a critical partner that has taught the
world a lot about disaster risk reduction.
"Your willingness to host this important gathering is a testament to the
leading role that you (Indonesia) play in sustaining development and climate
action," she remarked.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Director Ricardo Mena lauded Indonesia as a country that is leading in the
global efforts for disaster risk reduction.
"This is a very important (effort), and I think this is where we think that
Indonesia is leading in terms of the global efforts to reduce disaster risks,"
Ricardo Mena stated in a special interview with ANTARA here on Monday (May 23).
Mena remarked that Indonesia has put forth a strong message about the
importance of disaster risk reduction efforts by hosting the 2022 GPDRR.
"We believe that Indonesia is giving a very strong message through the
engagement and hosting of the GPDRR here in Bali. We are very thankful to the
Indonesian Government for that," he remarked.
The UNDRR director also highlighted Indonesia's leadership in adopting the
long-term disaster risk reduction plan.
"I think what I would like to highlight is that Indonesia is one of the few
countries in the world that has adopted a very long term plan to reduce
disaster risks," he remarked.
"This is very important because if you want to really address the root causes,
and you cannot do it in two, three, or five years. It is impossible, and we
look and welcome very much the fact that Indonesia has a plan to reduce
disaster risks that goes even beyond 2040," he added.
To that end, Mena also encouraged other countries to follow Indonesia's steps
in adopting long-term plans for disaster risk reduction.
Indonesia hosts a series of meetings of the 7th Session of the Global Platform
for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2022) in Bali on May 23-28, 2022.
Source: Ministry of Communication and Informatics of Republic of Indonesia
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Caption: President Joko Widodo (center), UN deputy secretary-general Amina Mohammed
(fourth left), vice president of Zambia W.K. Mutale Nalumango (fourth right)
take a picture with the head of National Agency for Disaster Management
Suharyanto (left), special representative of the secretary-general for Disaster
Risk Reduction Mami Mizutori (second left), coordinating minister for Human
Development and Cultural Affairs Muhadjir Effendy (third left), president of
the United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahida (third right), foreign
affairs minister Retno Marsudi (second right), Bali governor Wayan Koster
(right), and several delegations ahead of the opening ceremony of the Global
Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) 2022 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Wednesday
(May 25, 2022). The GPDRR is held in Bali, raising the theme of "From Risk to
Resilience: Towards Sustainable Development for All in a COVID-19 Transformed
World". ANTARA FOTO/Akbar Nugroho Gumay/foc.
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