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Indonesia is a country which is vulnerable to the effects of climate change. So, it can trigger natural disasters such as landslide, flood, and tsunami. This was stated by Deputy of Social and Humanitarian Sciences, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti at the "Focus Group Discussion on Role of Academic and Scientific Institutions in Making Policy for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change in Indonesia at the LIPI Building in Jakarta on Wednesday. She said that to overcome the disasters,  some efforts are needed to strengthen the Indonesian government in making policy for disaster risk reduction and climate change mitigation through the results of research conducted by LIPI.

“In principle, if we talk about risk reduction, the major aspect is how the role of science can be evidence-based for policy. So, we have some experiences that the recommendation of mitigating risk disaster to the Indonesian government in solving the problem is not done continuously,” said Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti.

Meanwhile, researcher of Society and Culture Research Center of LIPI, Lely Nurhidayah explained that it’s important to make experts network maps related to disaster risk reduction and climate change in Indonesia. She said that it aims at identifying challenges and providing anticipatory steps needed in making policy decisions on disaster risk reduction and climate change. (AF-VOI/RRI)