Indonesia needs to draw up a funding plan as well as a priority scale program. Building international cooperation is important not only in matters of funding but also in the framework of transfer of technology.
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Residents on their boat with a background of a house that sank and was abandoned by its owner on the north coast of Bedono Village, Sayung District, Demak Regency, Central Java, Tuesday (12/10/2021). The northern coast of Java is currently facing environmental problems as a result of climate change.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has again affirmed Indonesia’s commitment to deal with climate change on the basis of equilibrium between nature conservation and development.
This was conveyed in a meeting with the European Commission’s vice president for Climate Policy Frans Timmermans at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Monday (18/10/2021). The meeting, ahead of the Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) 26 to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, on 31 October-12 November 2021, could have many connotations.
First, the international community appreciates the position of Indonesia as holding some of the largest forest and mangrove ecosystems in the world. According to a report by Murdiyarso et al. in 2015, an estimated 3.14 billion tons of carbon is stored in Indonesia’s mangrove forests so they have an important role in emissions reduction.
The same is true of tropical rainforests which have the role of the lungs of the world: absorbing carbon and producing oxygen in the process of photosynthesis.
Second, Timmermans may have reminded Indonesia of its pledge to become part of the solution to climate change, hopefully offering cooperative assistance as a means of supporting its realization.
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Beautiful landscape in Paau Village, Aranio District, Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan, Monday (20/9/2021). The Banjar people in Paau once a year hold a traditional event as a form of gratitude for natural or forest products and their commitment to protecting the forest.
As we are aware, climate change is happening because of the rising temperature on Earth, in line with the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century. Although industries are progressing rapidly, the negative impact of the massive extraction of fossil fuels needed is the production of carbon emissions that become stuck in the atmosphere, trapping the heat of the sun and raising the Earth’s temperature.
The extent of global warming is temperatures are now approaching the critical point of 1.5° Celsius above the preindustrial era, with the impact on melting polar ice, rising sea level and climate change. The current condition threatens life because it will drown small islands, inundate coastal zones, change the cycle of life and disrupt the pattern of agriculture related to food supply.
In this way, the commitment to overcoming climate change is important. The target of carbon emission reduction is set at 40 percent in 2030 by ending the use of fossil fuels and shifting to new and renewable energy, eliminating vehicles as a pollutant source, conserving mangroves and halting the progress of illegal logging.
Indonesia puts its targets of new and renewable energy use at 23 percent by 2025 and carbon emission reduction at 29 percent in 2030. In reality, the use of new and renewable energy is today only 12 percent. Based on the Climate Related Budget report by the Finance Ministry, the average budget allocation during 2016-2020 to deal with climate change was Rp 89.6 trillion (US$6.4 billion) per year, far from the funding requirement projection of Rp266.25 trillion for 2018-2030.
Therefore, Indonesia needs to draw up a funding plan as well as a priority scale program. Building international cooperation is important not only in matters of funding but also in the framework of transfer of technology.
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