New Publication: Strengthening Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development: Climate Change Governance in Indonesia

Strengthening Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development: Climate Change Governance in Indonesia

Jupesta, Joni, Liana Bratasida, Martha Maulidia, Norichika Kanie, Takako Wakiyama, Aki Suwa, Atsushi Sunami, Govindan Parayil, and Yuko Harayama • 09-06-2012

Jupesta, Joni, Liana Bratasida, Martha Maulidia, Norichika Kanie, Takako Wakiyama, Aki Suwa, Atsushi Sunami, Govindan Parayil, and Yuko Harayama, 2012. Strengthening Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development: Climate Change Governance in Indonesia. Published at www.ieg.earthsystemgovernance.org. Lund and Tokyo: Earth System Governance Project.

Abstract


The concept of “green growth” has been connected to “green economy for sustainable development and poverty reduction” the first theme of the 2012 United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development. The government of Indonesia attempts to remove the barriers to green growth by eliminating costly fuel subsidies, promoting cleaner energy sources, and adopting payment for ecosystems services through the REDD+ program. Some of the policies lead to conflicting outcomes and the herewith associated problems need to be overcome.

This paper examines the climate change governance in Indonesia at international level linked with the national action plan and down to sub-national (regional) action plans. The climate policy is strongly determined at national level and is also based on the international climate regime of UN agencies such as UNFCCC with the implementation at national and local level. Due to decentralization of economic and political power to provincial and local governments, coherence is absolutely necessary for existing policies at different levels to ensure a sustainability pathway for achieving green growth. This issue is also relevant to the second theme of the 2012 United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development, namely the institutional framework for sustainable development. This should involve systematic institutional governance by improving coordination among overseeing institutions.

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