BMKG Predicts Food Vulnerabilities Due To Earth's Temperature Increase In 2050

Head Of BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati/ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that in the mid-2050s there will be a vulnerability to food security due to an increase in geothermal temperatures which causes a global water hotspot or water crisis.

"In the middle of the century, it is predicted that there will be a shortage of food due to drought or water shortages," said BMKG Head Dwikorita Karnawati in a joint hearing with Commission V of the DPR as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, November 8.

In Indonesia, he said, the threat of drought is inevitable even though the mapping of the level of vulnerability is at the middle level.

"Indonesia is at a middle level and we will have difficulty importing because the countries that produce food are even worse experiencing drought," he said.

The increase in temperature in Indonesia is still relatively good, although there has been an increase but not as big as other countries because Indonesia's sea area is wider than land so that it can play a role in cooling.

Dwikorita suggested that there be strengthening climate change mitigation. Among other things, expanding the application of energy transformation, from fossils to non-fossil, then promoting an environmentally friendly lifestyle.

In addition, Dwikorita said it was necessary to increase climate literacy for the community, central and local governments, as well as academics and the private sector, as well as strengthen systematic observations as fundamentals of science based climate policy.

Strengthening human resources in various sectors is also needed in order to support climate resilience.

"It is also necessary to develop climate resilience in four priority sectors, namely waters, agriculture, health and coastal and sea," he said.*