CIMSA x UNESCO x Radio Republik Indonesia Talkshow about Disaster Risk Reduction
23 October 2018
This year, the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction conducted by SCORP CIMSA will focus on engaging and mobilizing people throughout social media to make them well-informed about climate change and disaster risk reduction that we have to tackle. CIMSA, represented by Sherly (LO UNA), had an opportunity to discuss about Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction with Ms. Yuniarti Wahyuningtyas (UNESCO Project Assistant Social & Human Sciences Unit) in commemoration of International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction at RRI World Service Voice of Indonesia. We discuss about the background of climate change and disaster risk reduction, the role of medical students in doing disaster risk reduction as a real actor to response the impact of climate change, and UNESCO’s global and local action to Taking Real Action in Managing Climate Change Impact by Disaster Risk Reduction. The discussion was recorded by Voice of Indonesia, and the audio streaming is available at 13.10 WIB (in Indonesian) and 16.10 WIB (in English). Other than that, you can also watching the video streaming at 20.30 WIB (in English). Hopefully, this event could become the start of awareness raising on how important preventing and managing disaster is.