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Written by Firdaus Cahyadi  - Translated by Stephanie A. Surya

As the host of COP 13, Indonesia is being expected to have more roles in the efforts decreasing Greenhouse (GHG) gases in the world. However, NGOs see the government does not have a clear stance towards climate change issues.

“There are four issues taken to address Indonesia’s stance in COP 13 in Bali at the end of this year,” said Dadang Hilman from Ministry of Environment in CSO Forum’s National Conference on Climate Change in Jakarta (27/9). Those four stances are concerning Adaptation, REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation), Technology Transfer, and CDM (Clean Development Mechanism). “Regarding REDD issue, for example, we want an applicable and clearer implementation by using a pilot project,” he said.

According to Hira Jhamtan, environmental activist from Bali, Indonesia actually did not have a clear stance in COP 13 in Bali. “What Mr. Dadang just mentioned earlier is just issues’ identification, not a stance,” she explained. This was proved by the absence of Roadmap Proposal for Kyoto Protocol post 2012. “Except for REDD issue,” he added.

In the other side, Hira praised Indonesia for it’s participation in the ratification of Kyoto Protocol. “Indonesia already takes the right step by ratifying the protocol, but it would be a problem if we do nothing after the ratification,” he explicitly said.

Meanwhile, Hendrosukoyo Supoyo, urban-planning expert, illustrates the two agendas that should be addressed in the climate change negotiation. “The first is urban planning, and the second is the management of energy by using demand-management,” he said. Looking from urban planning perspective, he added, there is land sovereignty and land use, which should be discussed (in the negotiation).

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