Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of IndonesiaDate: November 1, 2021. Indonesia and Australia acknowledge that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a global challenge. They share ambition to address this challenge through cooperation and collaboration to develop, finance, deploy, a...
As La Nina Returns, Indonesia Braces for Flooding, Landslides
Source: TEMPODate: October 31, 2021. TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) warns of high precipitation that may trigger hydrometeorological disasters as a weak La Nina event is currently re-emerging over Indonesia for the second consecutive year. La Nina...
PUPR Ministry-HATHI prepare measures for dealing with La Nina
Source: ANTARADate: October 30, 2021. Surabaya (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) and the Indonesian Hydraulic Engineers Association (HATHI) have prepared several measures for tackling La Nina storms that can cause flooding in Indonesia, an official has informed. "As p...
Indonesia, Sweden sign joint statement on blue economy cooperation
Source: ANTARADate: October 27, 2021. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Governments of Indonesia and Sweden have agreed to establish cooperation in blue economy. A joint statement on the cooperation agreement was inked by Indonesia's Minister of National Development Planning/Head of National Development Planni...
Call for solution providers to work together in Welang River, East Java
Solution needs: River dredgingSludge / sediment material managementWater retentionCheck damsRiver wideningEarly warning system (EWS)Terrace cultivation / terracingSustainable farming practices, agroforestryReforestation actions Ecosystem servicesCommunity education (on soil and w...
The increasing demand for water
The demand for water keeps increasing due to various aspects. Swipe left to read some interesting facts and actual data about it! Numerous strategies and efforts should be made to keep up with the increasing water demand. Swipe left to learn more about it!
BMKG cautions of La Nina-triggered high precipitation
Source: ANTARADate: October 23, 2021. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Head Dwikorita Karnawati cautioned of high precipitation that could trigger hydrometeorological disasters, as La Nina is developing over Indonesia. Weak La Nina has been developing in Octo...
Indonesia, one of the world's major agricultural producers
"Indonesia is an agrarian country," you must have heard about that a lot, right? However, as an agrarian country, Indonesia still face some tough challenges in this sector. Are you curious? Swipe left to read more! We have learned about the challenges of the Indonesian agricultural sector from the p...
Climate Governance in Indonesia
Source: Climate Action TrackerDate: October 18, 2021. The CAT Climate Governance series seeks to produce a practical framework for assessing a government's readiness - both from an institutional and governance point of view - to ratchet up climate policy and implement adequate transformational polic...
A mounting battle that starts at home
Source: The Jakarta PostDate: October 18, 2021. Both at home and abroad, plastic waste is a mounting problem that is not going to disappear on its own. The United Nations estimates that 8 million tons of plastic is dumped into the ocean worldwide each year, with Indonesia contributing upward of 600,...
FAO Supports Indonesia in Transforming Agri-Food System
Source: TEMPODate: October 15, 2021. TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The new Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representative to Indonesia, Rajendra Aryal, presented his credentials to the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi on September 13. At th online meeting, he rea...
Water and disaster, what can be done?
Climate change has become a significant challenge in the modern world. What is its impact on water, and how should we react towards it? Click the right button to read more!
Indonesia, South Korea intensify cooperation in maritime sector
Source: ANTARADate: October 14, 2021. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The governments of Indonesia and South Korea continue to bolster cooperation in the maritime sector through a bilateral meeting here, Wednesday. Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan held a bilateral...
UNESCO Water Resilience Challenge 2021: Getting to know biosphere reserve and Sembalun area
"You are the future of the Rinjani-Lombok Biosphere Reserve and UNESCO Global Geopark. Without the engagement and leadership of young people, Biosphere Reserve and UNESCO Global Geopark research Rinjani-Lombok will not be possible." Moh. Djelid, Director and Representative UNESCO Jakarta Office. Wor...
Sikka supplies water to 70 drought-hit villages facing water crisis
Source: ANTARADate: October 4, 2021 Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (ANTARA) - The disaster mitigation office (BPBD) of Sikka District in Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province, has supplied clean water to 70 villages reeling from a water crisis triggered by a drought. "As many as 70 villages, ...