With the third largest area of forests in the world, Indonesia could rake in billions of dollars every year from a future carbon market by curbing the rate of deforestation, a climate expert from Greenpeace said. Paul Winn, a forest and climate ...
Heads of states of the six coral triangle countries expressed concern Friday over depleting marine and coastal resources caused by overfishing and illegal fishing, coupled with pollution and human-induced climate change. Indonesian President Susilo ...
Moves to promote ocean issues at world climate change talks have gained more support with the Climate Change National Council (DNPI) pledging to take the resolutions from next week's Manado conference to official negotiations ahead of a meeting in ...
The government says Indonesia’s marine environment can absorb millions of tons of carbon, but scientists say the claim has not yet been proven through scientific studies. “It is merely a prediction, there is no scientific research yet,” Augy ...
Indonesia’s outermost islands face the risk of disappearing altogether because of human-induced climate change, and will require special measures by the government to keep them firmly on the map. Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) researcher Dewi ...
Of all cities in Southeast Asia, Jakarta is the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, a study reveals. The Singapore-based Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) ranked Central, North and West Jakarta at the top of a ...
State Minister for the Environment Rachmat Witoelar has warned rich nations not to use the global financial crisis as an excuse for delaying their commitments to help finance climate-change mitigation in developing countries. He said developed nations ...
Experts doubt the government will be able to realize its plan to shift to renewable energy to reduce its dependency on depleting oil reserves and to deal with soaring global oil prices. The barriers to developing renewable energy still exists despite ...
Political parties at the House of Representatives united Monday in opposition to the government's plan to raise fuel prices, leaving the Golkar Party facing a dilemma. "We are in a dilemma because Golkar's chairman, Pak Jusuf Kalla, is the Vice ...
Environmental group Greenpeace has echoed calls by consumer goods giant Unilever to impose a moratorium on deforestation in Indonesia in support for the company's pledge to purchase only certified sustainable palm oil. Greenpeace also urged the ...
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