JAKARTA: ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING CLIMATE POLICIES

Indonesia was one of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gas (GHG), largely due to emissions from deforestation and peatland megafires, as well as the burning of fossil fuels for energy.

As Indonesia’s political and economic center, the capital city of Jakarta is committed to reducing its GHG emissions by 30% in 2030, as stated in the Governor Regulation No. 131, Year 2012, on Local Action Plan for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction (RAD-GRK) in DKI Jakarta.

According to the Environment Agency of DKI Jakarta, as of 2018, the city recorded a decrease of 9.34 million tCO2e in its GHG emissions from its total target reduction of 32.28 million tCO2e by 2030.

An assessment was carried out to understand the current status of climate change policies and plans in Jakarta. The assessment’s findings are meant to strengthen the local climate action plan to support the city achieve its climate target and further support the achievement of Indonesia’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).

Current conditions and gaps in existing policies and plans were identified, analyzed, and later supplemented with focus group discussions, exploring what kind of challenges different stakeholders face and possible ways to address them.

This process showed the importance of inclusive measures for gathering valuable information on the stakeholders’ aspirations and needs – something which is crucial for the development of equitable solutions. An important step in inclusivity is listening to the needs of different stakeholder groups and how they envision possible mechanisms to reduce GHG emissions.

The main challenge for the implementation of the climate change action plan is the lack of collaboration between and among stakeholders in government, business and community. This includes unsynchronized policies between local and national levels on mitigation action such as provision of diesel-fueled buses to support public transportation in DKI Jakarta by national government, while DKI Jakarta already used gas-fueled bus for public transportation as one of the mitigation actions stated in Governor Regulation No. 131/2012.

Multi-sectoral collaboration is needed as a base in order to be able to address this challenge, which begins with the conduct of stakeholder mappings to identify which players are currently, and which should be, involved in climate change actions. The following step is to enable meaningful discussions among stakeholders to ensure cross-sectoral participation in the review, enhancement and active implementation of the climate action plan.

Source:

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