07/09/2026
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𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗮 of FCEE and Co-Director of the Global Water and Sanitation Center (GWSC) at AIT represented AIT at a briefing on "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱: 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱," organized by the Embassy of Nepal in Bangkok in collaboration with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC).
Drawing on his expertise in water and disaster risk management, Prof. Sangam highlighted the Bhote Koshi disaster as an important lesson for strengthening disaster preparedness not only in Nepal but across the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, emphasizing that events of this nature should be viewed as cascading multi-hazard events rather than isolated floods.
Prof. Sangam identified three priorities for strengthening preparedness across the region: improving the understanding and communication of cascading multi-hazard events; establishing a regional multi-hazard risk assessment programme for the HKH; and developing integrated regional and local multi-hazard early warning systems.