Jakarta, Augsts 13, 2024– Climate change is forcing us to listen, embrace, and act together in the face of challenges. In this effort, the VICRA Program, supported by the Dutch Embassy in Indonesia, has shown that the collaboration of various parties is able to turn challenges into opportunities. After a meaningful journey, the VICRA consortium […]
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The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) estimates that Indonesia potentially experiences economic losses due to climate change to the amount of IDR 544 trillion in just four years, from 2020-2024. To minimize these losses, the government has intervened in the form of climate resilience actions regulated in the Bappenas Climate Resilient Development Policy Document (KPBI)
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The erratically changing climate makes the Indonesian people worried about the occurrence of natural disasters such as floods, volcanic eruptions, forest and land fires, which will result in food shortages, poverty and even death. Limited knowledge in disaster mitigation and recovery creates greater suffering, especially for women who depend on domestic tasks. To anticipate gaps,
Climate change is one of the global issues we are dealing with today. The impact of climate change is extensive and affects various aspects, such as the environment, economy, education, and society’s livelihood. In the environmental aspect, for instance, in 2021, there were 5,402 disaster occurrences, 98-99 percent of which were hydro-meteorological disasters such as
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Climate changes affected youth live as they were constrained a damaged earth and uninhabitable environment. Thus, it is important to provide awareness towards climate changes to youth so they can fight for restore the environment which they will inherit. Some of the efforts that can be taken are involving youth in citizen journalism and environmental
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Everybody is affected and vulnerable in disaster caused by climate change. Nevertheless, the distribution of vulnerabilities among vulnerable group, such as women, elderly, people with disabilities, and children, becomes larger in a disaster. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Specialist of VICRA, Ramadhaniati, argue vulnerable group issue in facing the disaster caused by climate change
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Climate change is an unavoidable condition nowadays. Society must begin to adapt and survive through the climate changes. In the agricultural sector, vulnerable groups—poor farmers, women, people with disabilities, and the elderly—are the groups that feel the greatest impact from climate change. The lack of socialization and the lack of access to information makes these
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Over the last 20 years, communities in East Manggarai Regency have felt some signs of climate change, such as shorter rainy seasons, heavy rainfall, longer dry seasons with a duration of 7-8 months, and extreme heat in certain months. Droughts are increasingly common. This has led to a decline in rice yields in technically irrigated
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JAKARTA. 2022, 25 August – The commitment of Indonesia to keep the earth’s temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius was agreed upon in the Paris Agreement in 2015. The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) document was established that year as an official agreement in our country’s emission reduction efforts submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention
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Climate change extremes pose a threat to agricultural productivity in Indonesia. This may disrupt food security as well as have an impact on economic losses. To identify the risks of climate change to the agricultural sector in the regions, PATTIRO in collaboration with PI AREA organized a training on climate change impact research methodology in
Civil society organizations need to oversee local governments to allocate climate-resilient development budgets in accordance with the needs of the community, especially vulnerable groups. This emerged in the Training of Trainers (TOT) Budget Tracking activity organized by PATTIRO in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, 10-12 April 2022. TOT Budget Tracking is part of the Voice for
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“Various ideas and potentials from institutions in Indonesia that are concerned about climate change actions are important elements of Indonesia’s future. Therefore, it is necessary to align the ideals of the institutions”, said Dr Anindya Chatterjee, the Regional Director of IDRC at the Inception Workshop on the Think Climate Indonesia (TCI) Program on 21 July.
