With climate change and extreme weather presenting growing challenges, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof emphasised the critical need for scientifically backed predictive technology.
Speaking to reporters after launching the I-Nation Global Summit 2024 in Kuala Lumpur on Monday (Dec 2), Fadillah, who also serves as the Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister, highlighted the importance of leveraging predictive tools to mitigate disaster impacts and help communities prepare for potential outcomes.
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Speaking to reporters after launching the I-Nation Global Summit 2024 in Kuala Lumpur on Monday (Dec 2), Fadillah, who also serves as the Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister, highlighted the importance of leveraging predictive tools to mitigate disaster impacts and help communities prepare for potential outcomes.
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00:00Regarding the government's preparation, how is Petra's preparation to face floods across the country at this time?
00:09Petra is involved in JPS. After a flood, there will usually be a complete flood.
00:19So what we have to provide is a pump and the like.
00:22TNB to ensure that the power supply is always maintained,
00:27so that the power supply is not cut off. And they have already established both JPS and TNB
00:36and opened a war room to monitor and ensure the power supply and also monitoring in terms of water and the like.
00:46According to the PM this morning, more than 153,000 people have been affected.
00:55So we are monitoring carefully. Moreover, tomorrow there will be a big flood in the sea and we will continue to monitor and so on.
01:04Importantly, this programme highlights that Indonesia is talking about sustainability.
01:11With the challenges of climate change, we will face extreme weather, meaning floods, turbulence, strong winds.
01:20So how can we play a role to ensure the sustainability of our country, the safety of the people or things can be maintained and so on.
01:29And using science, hopefully we will be able to predict.
01:33With that prediction, we will be able to reduce the occurrence of disasters, prepare our people in the face of any possibilities.
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