MidLand, Jakarta – Head of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Dwikorita Karnawati said the hot weather experienced by Indonesia also affected many locations around the world. In fact, you said, 2023 will be a year full of record temperatures.
“This year is a year full of record temperatures. This condition has never happened before, anywhere heat wave (heat waves) occur in many places at the same time. Last July 2023, heat wave “which hit the American West and even reached 53 degrees Celsius,” Dwikorita said at a national seminar recently organized by the New Perspective Foundation, quoted from a press release dated Sunday, November 18, 2023.
Dwikorita said that June to August were the three warmest months in history and that July 2023 will be the warmest month. The reality of climate evolution makes 2023 likely the warmest year in the history of climate data, beating 2016.
According to Dwikorita, this situation is the impact of climate change which also puts further pressure on already scarce water resources and produces the so-called “water hotspot”.
This condition also increases the vulnerability of global food supplies. The FAO, or Food and Agriculture Organization, Dwikorita said, even predicts that if this continues to happen, a famine will occur in 2050 due to the food crisis.
To prevent this from happening, he continued, the government together with all elements of society must collaborate and collaborate in carrying out mitigation actions. Starting from saving electricity, water, waste management, reducing fossil energy and replacing with electric vehicles, reducing the use of single-use plastic, planting trees, restoring mangroves and so on.
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According to Dwikorita, the implementation of mitigation and adaptation strategies must be intensified throughout Indonesia without exception. Furthermore, he added, surface air temperatures in Indonesia are expected to continue to increase in the future.
On this occasion, Dwikorita also explained the important role of BMKG in supporting adaptation and mitigation as well as being a data provider. BMKG, he said, possesses knowledge and wise information related to climate change in Indonesia that can be used for national development planning purposes. Therefore, you stated that the involvement of the BMKG absolutely must be carried out to support climate change adaptation and mitigation actions.
“The early warning system built by BMKG not only focuses on the use of technology, but also encourages local knowledge and wisdom in the community. The collaboration between the two can further strengthen early warnings that impact early action,” he said.
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