INVESTING IN PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS
Excessive climate occasions have gotten extra frequent as a consequence of local weather change. Each Europe and Southeast Asia face extra pure disasters corresponding to earthquakes and floods.
Lenarcic, who additionally marked the twentieth anniversary of the devastating tsunami that hit Indonesia in 2004 throughout his Jakarta go to, highlighted the pressing want for efficient local weather methods.
“We have to determine, as an example, the place the hazard lies with regard to the tropical typhoons (and) storms, the place there’s elevated hazard of devastating floods and landslides, and we’ve got to behave accordingly,” he added.
“Crucial lesson is that you just can’t sit and wait till the catastrophe strikes, as a result of then it could already be too late.”
He mentioned the partnership between the EU and ASEAN will deal with assembly rapid wants, whereas constructing long-term resilience in opposition to future threats.
In the course of the interview, Lenarcic pressured the significance of investing extra in prevention and preparedness efforts.
“We can’t solely deal with response, that means we can’t solely act as soon as catastrophe already occurs, as a result of with this new depth and frequency of disasters, we might quickly be overwhelmed if we solely deal with response,” he added.
