Dear Honourable Dr. Agus Justianto, Director General of Sustainable Forest Management of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Contact: agusjustianto@yahoo.com Indonesia Ministry of Forest: pusdata@dephut.cbn.net.id My name is Netra Naik. I am the Country Manager for Indonesia for Climate Scorecard, a non-profit organization that monitors leading greenhouse gas-emitting countries’ climate policies and programs....
Rating C In 1999, Indonesia submitted an Initial National Communication (INC) document to the newly formed United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), which estimated the country’s GHG emissions for the year 1990. Later, in 2010, the country submitted a Second National Communication (SNC) covering GHG emissions for the time series between 2000 and...
Rating B (Moderate progress to sustainability) Indonesia has approximately 38.8 million farmers dispersed among 75,436 villages, 7,232 sub-districts, and 514 regencies/cities. Rice is the primary crop cultivated by Indonesian farmers. Other crops cultivated by farmers are palm oil, natural rubber, cocoa, coffee, tea, cassava, rice, and tropical spices. The average size of the farm is...
Rating C (Holding Steady) The water supply and demand vary in Indonesia across several islands based on population density. The freshwater supply is abundant in Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Papua islands, where the population is less. Conversely, the densely populated Java Island faces water scarcity due to low access to piped water and widespread pollution....
Climate Progress in the First Half of 2023 Rating – D Falling Behind Is there reliable data available? We are halfway through 2023, still lagging behind our climate goals. You cannot make an impact if you cannot measure. Data can speak volumes about progress, but only from a one-point reliable source. In today’s age of...
Program Overview Through the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the Government of Indonesia initiated a program in 2012 termed ‘The Kampung Iklim (Climate Village) Programme’ (ProKlim). The goal of the program is to address the climate vulnerability of the local communities by helping them to adapt and mitigate its effects. The program promotes a low-carbon...
Indonesia has set an increased climate target of reducing its carbon emissions by 32% below the business-as-usual scenario (BAU) by utilizing its resources and by 43% below BAU with international financial support. The country hopes to reach net zero emissions by 2060 but has not communicated it explicitly in its long-term strategy. The emission reductions...
According to Statista Research Department, in 2022, the Indonesian government invested approximately 77.5 trillion IDR in fossil fuel subsidies. This investment is less than the 2020 COVID-19 recovery budget, which heavily supported the fossil fuel sector and provided 95.3 trillion IDR directly to state-owned enterprises. The total fossil fuel bill in 2020 was 206 trillion...
According to the International Work Group of Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Indonesia has a population of 70 million indigenous people, which accounts for 18% of the total population. Although it has a wide variety of ethnic communities; around half of the population belongs to the Javanese and Sundanese groups from Java Island. Various other ethnic groups...
Indonesia’s agricultural sector is made up of large private and state-owned plantations and smallholder production modes. The large plantations of palm oil and rubber are exported, while the smallholder farmers produce rice, soybeans, corn, fruits, and vegetables. As cited by the Ministry of Agriculture, Central, East, and West Java are three of the largest rice-producing...
