Experts from India, Japan unite on human-centric climate resilience
The event brought together eminent academics, practitioners, and policymakers from India and Japan, united by a common goal — building resilient communities in the face of escalating climate risks.
A major highlight of the workshop was the launch of a landmark study titled 'Wayanad Landslides 2024: Early Warning System – Changing the Last Mile to the First Mile'. This comprehensive report, a collaborative output of the four partner institutions, is the result of rigorous fieldwork undertaken in Wayanad following the catastrophic landslides on July 30, 2024, which claimed over 400 lives and displaced nearly 7,000 people.
The workshop was a collaborative initiative between IIMK, National Institute of Technology - Calicut (NITC), IIT Bombay, and Keio University, Japan, under the aegis of the India-Japan Centre on Climate and Culture at IIMK, a press release said.
Beena Philip, Kozhikode Mayor, along with Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, Director, IIMK, and Prof. Prasad Krishna, Director, NITC, inaugurated the workshop.
Prof. Rajib Shaw (Keio University), Prof. Sakiko Kanbara (Kobe City College of Nursing), Prof. Anupam Das (IIMK), Prof. Mohammed Firoz (NITC), Prof. Sajin Kumar K.S. (University of Kerala), and Prof. Shyni Anilkumar (NITC) were present.
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