Month: February 2020

From PreventionWeb – The second Newton Prize 2019 winner has been announced at an event in Jakarta, Indonesia on Tuesday 14 January.

The winning UK-Indonesia partnership is helping to protect coastal communities from the devastation caused by coastal hazards such as flooding and tsunamis. The research has improved Indonesia’s capacity to deal with these events through better communications and warning procedures.

Researchers from the University of Huddersfield and the Institute of Technology Bandung in Indonesia have improved Indonesia’s communications and warning procedures for coastal disasters such as flooding and tsunamis, as climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of extreme weather.

Explore about the Association of Disaster Risk Management Professionals, Sri Lanka.