Indonesia

With a population of 250 million, Indonesia is the fourth most populous country and second-largest plastic polluter in the world after China. The country produces 3.2 million tonnes of un-managed plastic waste a year, of which about 1.29 million tonnes ends up in the marine environment. In addition, approximately 10 billion plastic carry bags...

The significance of environmentally sound waste management for achieving sustainable consumption and production as well as a pollution free planet was one of the key priorities discussed at the recently concluded United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA4) in Nairobi. Recognising the co-benefits of sustainable waste management to meet the...

The "JCM in CHARTS" series aim to provide a comprehensive and easy-to-understand description of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in each host country. This version describes the rules, procedures, and references for implementing the JCM in Indonesia. The Bahasa Indonesia version of this CHARTS is available: https://pub.iges.or.jp/pub/jcm-dalam...

本論の目的は，インドネシアの気候変動緩和対策の現状を明らかにし，また，その実施上の課題を明確化することである。特に政権交代後の政策面や組織・調整面の動向に着目し，潜在的な課題・阻害要因につき，インタビュー調査や文献調査により検討を行う。その結果，関係ステークホルダー間の連携や調整の強化，緩和計画などの政策面の強化が今後の緩和対策実施上の課題として確認された。

Although drought is not on top priority, El Nino and other localized drought events are warning signs for strengthening drought risk reduction in Indonesia. Drought risk reduction in Indonesia can be improved both at the macro and micro level. At the micro-level, even though the microfinance has been growing rapidly, it needs improvements in areas...

IGES made a proposal of an MRV methodology for the JCM projects which installs solar PV systems to the JCM Joint Committee between Indonesia and Japan. The Joint Committee approved a methodology ID_AM013 Ver1.0 "Installation of Solar PV System" on the basis of this proposal. The attached version (JCM_ID_PM_020) includes three documents: the JCM...

This paper discusses the policy and implementation context of the REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) demonstration activity in Ulu Masen in the province of Aceh, Indonesia. It is argued that the slow endorsement of the demonstration activity by the Indonesian government may be due to mistiming in relation to the...