BMKG's climate variability analysis coordinator, Supari, informed that the results of the agency’s monitoring over the past 40 years have indicated an increase in extreme rainfall in Indonesia, both in terms of frequency and intensity.
"This trend causes high rate of hydrometeorological disasters dominated by flood, extreme weather, landslides, forest and land fires, as well as drought," he said.
"These various events are inseparable from the impact of climate change," he explained during the “Hydrometeorological Disaster Emergency: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Policy Implementation Commitment” webinar.
The results of a study that used climate projection model data by BMKG have shown that the intensity of humidity in several regions will rise in the future, though the level of increase may differ for each region.
Meanwhile, the dry spell duration has currently increased by 20–30 percent compared to the reference period (1986–2005).
"Unlike climate and weather that is hard to intervene, the environment is something that we can control," Supari said.
"To this end, BMKG is conducting a climate literacy program for the public as an effort to improve people's awareness toward climate change," he added.
According to Supardi, this is necessary so that people understand the process and the impact of climate change as well as change their current life pattern, which is triggering an increase in emissions, as much as they can.
During the webinar, the Indonesian Environmental Forum (WALHI) said that a policy umbrella that can become a reference point for adaptation and the mitigation of the climate crisis is necessary.
It is necessary to make businesspersons—who contribute a large of amount of CO2 emissions that are triggering the climate crisis—accountable for their actions, it added.
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