Disaster

The raging fires in Indonesia are a lesson repeating itself. Beyond the toll on the environment and peatlands, health and economy, they also erode the country's climate commitments. 

In this article the author explores creative approach on widening the conversation around the climate crisis by highlighting board games as a way to provide spaces for talking about how to live in our climate-changed world.

The city of Tacloban in the Philippines has bounced back after Super Typhoon Haiyan struck in 2013, but has it really built back better? Large-scale natural disasters offer the chance to imagine and build better sustainable urban systems but the follow-through didn’t happen in this case.

A note from an online panel entitled “Living in the Anthropocene: Climate Framework and DRR Policies for Sustainable Development in Thailand” on 12 October 2022,  co-organized by Disaster Resilience and Environmental Sustainability (DRES), Mae Fah Luang University and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Southeast Asia regional office.

Disaster education is the key to developing a sustainable safety culture in school environments. With experiences and examples across Japan, Indonesia, Thailand and other countries, including disaster response education into school curricula and other activities will help foster community action and resilience in the time of emergencies.

Indonesia is one of the world's most disaster-prone regions and disaster risk management has been practiced in locally specific ways for hundreds of years. How can the country best navigate its way through systems of disaster management?

Global climate change is increasingly impacting people in Southeast Asia though disaster preparedness varies widely across each country and community. Government at all levels can strengthen their responses and collaboration to help people develop resilience in the face of catastrophes.