World Tsunami Day Round-table talk for high school students at the United Nations

World Tsunami Day Round-table talk of high school students at the United Nations November 6, 7:23

On the 5th, the World Tsunami Day, the UN held a roundtable discussion on disaster prevention and mitigation with high school students from Hokkaido and Chile in South America participating in Japan. The opinion that it is necessary was given.

World UN Tsunami Day was set by the United Nations in 2015, led by Japan. The 5th UN invited high school students from Hokkaido and Chile, where international conferences on tsunami disasters were held in September, A roundtable discussion on disaster prevention and mitigation was held.

The four high school students in Hokkaido who participated in the round-table talks said, “During a disaster, young people need to help the elderly more,” or “Old people may delay evacuation due to concerns about leaving their homes. “It should be well-known early,” and so on.

Indonesian female students also mentioned the dangers of misinformation spreading due to the development of social media and complained that proper information provision and management by the government was important.

Mr. Shizusei Ido, a second-year student at the Sapporo International Information High School, who participated in the round-table talk, introduced that he created a group for disaster prevention research and support for disaster-stricken areas with high school students in Hokkaido. I want to work on disaster prevention from familiar places together. "

UN Secretary-General “Tsunami Risks Are Still Enormous Infrastructure Construction”

United Nations Secretary General Guterres issued a statement to coincide with the “World Tsunami Day” on the 5th, and in the 15 years since the Great East Indian Ocean Tsunami, an early warning was issued to quickly detect the occurrence of a tsunami. While assessing that the system has been introduced not only in the Pacific Ocean, but also in the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, the risk of tsunamis is still enormous. We are calling for the construction of a disaster-resistant infrastructure.

It is also pointed out that the population living in the low coastal areas of the world due to population growth will increase to 1 billion in 2050 from the current 680 million.

Continuing on, the term “climate emergency” = “climate emergency” instead of “climate change”, which means “climate change” in English, is the rise in sea level caused by “climate emergency”. He appeals to take immediate action against global warming to increase the devastating power.