The Ministry of Finance with support from UNDP and Poverty-Environment Action successfully launched a "Policy Brief on Public Finance for Climate Change in Indonesia 2016-2018" via a Youtube Livestream, that drew in more than 200 stakeholders from ministries, the private sector, development partners, NGOs, and universities.
This brief comprehensively provides the development of public policies to finance climate change in Indonesia, an analysis of the public climate change budget for the 2016-2018 period and describes the policy implications to strengthen public finance management for climate change. The brief is expected to encourage government transparency in the framework of fiscal policy and climate change budgeting.
Two corresponding publications are available, both written in Indonesian, namely;
- Policy Brief - Pendanaan Publik untuk Pengendalian Perubahan Iklim Indonesia 2019
- Pendanaan Publik Untuk Pengendalian Perubahan Iklim Indonesia Tahun 2016 - 2018
Additionally, the following are some relevant links to Indonesian media coverage of the launch:
- Kerugian Indonesia karena perubahan iklim capai Rp132 triliun di 2050;
- Pengumuman Terkait Penutupan LINE TODAY di Indonesia;
- Pemerintah jabarkan pendanaan pengendalian perubahan iklim 2016-2018;
- Pemerintah Rilis Alokasi Pendanaan Pengendalian Perubahaan Iklim;
- Turunkan Emisi Gas Rumah Kaca, Indonesia Butuh Rp3.461 Triliun!