“Climate change has an impact on various aspects such as the economy, public health, the environment and even the poor who depend on agriculture,” said Prof. Dr. Budi Haryanto, S.K.M., M.Kes., M.Sc., Professor of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health (FPH) Universitas Indonesia (UI) as a speaker at the APRU Global Health Program: Annual Conference 2022 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference, which was held on 6-9 September 2022, was initiated by the Institute for Sustainability and Resilience (ISR) and the Association for Pacific Rim Universities Sustainable Cities and Landscapes (APRU SCL) Hub.
In the material, Prof. Budi Haryanto discussed “NDCs Implementation in Indonesia: A Review on Climate Change Health Impacts”. Through the material, Prof. Budi also conveyed several points of advice in building community resilience to the impacts of climate change, including that cities are advised to invest and implement policies for the resilience of urban communities; adopting an approach to intensify communication between the Ministry of Health, Bappenas, University experts, and NGOs; intensive communication with disease improvement experts and program implementation, including budget allocation at Bappenas for handling communicable and non-communicable diseases; and the Indonesian government through Bappenas is expected to be able to mainstream climate change adaptation in 4 sectors: marine and coastal (under the Ministry of Environment), water (under the Ministry of Public Works), agriculture (under the Ministry of Agriculture), and health (under the Ministry of Health without single cell responsible).
Besides being a speaker, Prof. Budi Haryanto was also invited to participate in the Pandemics, Humanitarian Emergencies and Health Working Group. The working group consisting of various experts from the APRU Global Health Program is expected to be able to bring various perspectives to examine the causes and consequences of pandemics and humanitarian emergencies.
APRU Global Health is based at the University of Southern California but includes representatives from many countries around the Pacific Rim. As part of this conference, the Working Group is conducting a pilot on pandemic preparedness in Pacific Rim countries that will illustrate the complexity of decisions around resource allocation at the national level using the WHO pillar on COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan Operational Planning. 2020 Guidelines. Contributions from this working group will drive efforts to better prepare individuals, communities and governments for future pandemics and other humanitarian crises, including the impacts of climate change. (wrk)
