Source: Water and WASH FuturesDate: April 9, 2021 We are pleased to open the Call for Abstracts for the Water, WASH and Climate virtual symposium. Abstracts are invited for "Story Hosts" – water and WASH professionals interested in sharing their experiences relating to water management, ...
A total of 199 coastal cities in Indonesia are at risk of tidal flooding in 2050
Source: KONTAN.CO.IDDate: March 17, 2022 KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. A total of 199 coastal cities in Indonesia are threatened by the annual tidal flood in 2050. If this disaster occurs, it is predicted that it will cause losses of up to Rp. 1,500 trillion more. This prediction is based on Kompas Daily ...
NTB's plan to hold a Climate Field School in Sembalun, East Lombok
Source: ANTARADate: February 17, 2022 Mataram (ANTARA) - The West Nusa Tenggara Consortium for Participatory Study and Development (Conception) in collaboration with the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) of West Lombok Climatology Station held a Climate Field School in Semb...
Bappenas Predicts Losses Due to Climate Change to Reach Rp 544 T
Source: TempoDate: January 9, 2022 TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The results of a study from the Ministry of National Development Planning (PPN)/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) show that the impact of climate change also has the potential to cause economic losses of up to Rp 544 trillion....
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Recently, The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow has been the talk of the town. Read the following infographic to learn more about it!
Water and disaster, what can be done?
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Let's tackle climate change: small steps we can actually take
Did you know that based on EPA, the burning of coal, natural gas, and oil for electricity and heat is the largest single source of global greenhouse gas emissions? While according to Energypedia, those are one of the primary energy supplies in Indonesia. Let's take part in tackling climate change by...
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...
Launch of Policy Briefs Dealing with Greater Jakarta Floods in Times of Climate Change
Press release: Friday, 10 September 2021 - 10.00-12.00 CET/15:00-17:00 WIBFor more information, please e-mail: [email protected] Due to concerns over the massive flooding in the Jakarta area, a group of researchers and multidisciplinary professionals in collaboration with the Indonesian Embassy in...
Indonesia needs Rp3,461 trillion to tackle climate change: minister
Source: ANTARADate: 26 August 2021 Jakarta (ANTARA) - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has said that Indonesia will need Rp3,461 trillion, or equivalent to US$266 billion, by 2030 to tackle climate change. "This means that mitigation spending in our ministries/agencies has only met 21 per...
Restoring mangroves to raise people’s welfare and mitigate climate change
Source: The Jakarta PostDate: July 26, 2021 Indonesia is scrambling to restore its sizeable mangrove forest loss, with the national Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM) tasked with accelerating the process over the next four years, as the consequences of mangrove deforestation have been i...
Widodo claims Indonesia leading by example on climate change
Souce: RNZDate: April 23, 2021 Indonesia's president says greenhouse gas reduction commitments by developed countries powers must be credible if developing countries are to follow suit. Joko Widodo was among dozens of world leaders speaking at the US-hosted virtual Leaders Summit on Climate Change u...
Peatland fires in Indonesia can be predicted by new evaluation approach, study finds
Source: CIFORDate: April 20, 2021 Indonesia's peatland fires are better explained by a newly developed approach that considers climate-change impacts and helps predict hotspots of carbon emissions and air pollution from the burning of peat, according to scientists. A rain-related index used by...
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President Jokowi Calls for Extraordinary Measures to Tackle Climate Change
Source: Cabinet Secretariat of The Republic of Indonesia Date: 26 January 2021 President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has called for extraordinary measures to tackle the global impacts of climate change. According to the President, enormous impacts of these changes are very real, part...
Mangrove Rehabilitation to Start on 150,000 Hectares Lands in 2021, Luhut Says
Source: Tempo.co Date: 26 January 2021 The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan targeted the mangrove rehabilitation program will be started on 150,000 hectares (ha) of land in 2021. It was conveyed in the coordination meeting on the accelerati...