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Written by Firdaus Cahyadi  - Translated by Stephanie A. Surya

United States of America (USA) as the biggest GHG emitter clearly refused Climate Justice proposed by Indonesian Civil Society Forum).

Written by Firdaus Cahyadi  - Translated by Stephanie A. Surya

Tropical forest destruction has roused anxiety among various parties, who are concerned on climate change issue, including Greenpeace. To stop tropical forest destruction, Greenpeace proposed Tropical Deforestation Emission Reduction Mechanism (TDERM). This was illustrated in their side-event in Grand Hyatt Hotel, Bali (4/12) noon.

Written by E Haryadi  - Translated by Stephanie A. Surya
Spiritual figure, Anand Krisna clearly rejected carbon trading. Anand prefer the idea of “standing in our own feet” rather than expecting almsgiving from developed countries to Indonesia for protecting its forest. “If we receive those funds, is there any guarantee that it will be used for forest conservation?” he asked during his visit to Anand Ashram Organization in Kampung CSF, BTDC, Nusa Dua, Bali, this afternoon (4/12).

Written by Firdaus Cahyadi  - Translated by Stephanie A. Surya

According to UNFCCC, one of the strategies for reducing GHG emission, as the main cause of climate change, is by Carbon Trading mechanism, which widely known as Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). “Experience shows that CDM mechanism is able to assist the developing countries so they would not follow rich countries’ development footsteps in polluting the atmosphere with GHG,” said UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Yvo de Boer in Bali (3/12).