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East Kalimantan (24%) and West Kutai (16%) encouraged further discussions on the
dynamics of climate mitigation in the sub-national level of governance. Nonetheless, such seemingly high allocations of the regional government budget that were
earmarked for achieving climate mitigation targets were not equipped with clear
outputs and outcomes that were sensitive to climate mitigation.
Rosemary and Evensen in Chap. 14 examines the types of information, members
of the public received on environmental and climate challenges in Aceh from the
key local mass media outlet in Aceh. The objective of this chapter is first to examine
and analyze coverage from “Serambi Indonesia” about the AGV—this is the most
read newspaper by the locals in Aceh; second, we present our methodology: the
background of the local newspaper—Serambi Indonesia, the study objectives, the
data collection process, and data analysis procedures. This study indicates the importance of climate change communication, and potentially for societal action on climate
change, to understand the role of media in addressing climate change.
Further, Wibisana and Setyorini in Chap. 15 aim to assess the recent legal development in the protection and management of peatlands in Indonesia and analyzes
how regulatory measures addresses the issue of peatland rehabilitation. This study
found that peatland degradation and peatland fires in Indonesia have triggered various
responses from the Indonesian government in the last five years. During these years,
the government has enacted various regulations related to peatland protection, ratified the Paris Agreement, and formed an institution specifically aimed at accelerating
peatland restoration in seven provinces seriously affected by fires called Peat Restoration Agency, and launched severe law enforcement against companies contributing
to forest fires since 2013. However, there are two critiques related to the response on
the peatland protection, namely the use of strict liability for plantation along with the
“abnormally dangerous activities” criteria and the requirement of water-table level
of a minimum of 0.4 m from the surface which constitutes a scientific uncertainty.
Conclusion
This edited book presented the latest on the climate change related studies on
Indonesia. There are different methodological approaches stray with different expertise such as disaster risk, energy, coastal, small and medium enterprises (SME),
smallholder farmers, and peat rehabilitation. The scopes of studies are covering all
parts of climate change; climate adaptation, climate, climate law, and climate finance.
Indonesia is a developing country in adapting and mitigating climate change.
There are still needs to further work on governing the action. Improvement is needed
in multi-sectoral coordination and in legal construction of climate action. Adaptation
and mitigation will mean a sustainable development processes and doing so will in
longer run eradicate the poverty, increase equality, and preserve the environment.
There are still hopes of further improvement of the processes; however, the lesson
learnt to further incorporate needs to be streamlined further in more development
issues.
R. Djalante et al.
East Kalimantan (24%) and West Kutai (16%) encouraged further discussions on the
dynamics of climate mitigation in the sub-national level of governance. Nonetheless, such seemingly high allocations of the regional government budget that were
earmarked for achieving climate mitigation targets were not equipped with clear
outputs and outcomes that were sensitive to climate mitigation.
Rosemary and Evensen in Chap. 14 examines the types of information, members
of the public received on environmental and climate challenges in Aceh from the
key local mass media outlet in Aceh. The objective of this chapter is first to examine
and analyze coverage from “Serambi Indonesia” about the AGV—this is the most
read newspaper by the locals in Aceh; second, we present our methodology: the
background of the local newspaper—Serambi Indonesia, the study objectives, the
data collection process, and data analysis procedures. This study indicates the importance of climate change communication, and potentially for societal action on climate
change, to understand the role of media in addressing climate change.
Further, Wibisana and Setyorini in Chap. 15 aim to assess the recent legal development in the protection and management of peatlands in Indonesia and analyzes
how regulatory measures addresses the issue of peatland rehabilitation. This study
found that peatland degradation and peatland fires in Indonesia have triggered various
responses from the Indonesian government in the last five years. During these years,
the government has enacted various regulations related to peatland protection, ratified the Paris Agreement, and formed an institution specifically aimed at accelerating
peatland restoration in seven provinces seriously affected by fires called Peat Restoration Agency, and launched severe law enforcement against companies contributing
to forest fires since 2013. However, there are two critiques related to the response on
the peatland protection, namely the use of strict liability for plantation along with the
“abnormally dangerous activities” criteria and the requirement of water-table level
of a minimum of 0.4 m from the surface which constitutes a scientific uncertainty.
Conclusion
This edited book presented the latest on the climate change related studies on
Indonesia. There are different methodological approaches stray with different expertise such as disaster risk, energy, coastal, small and medium enterprises (SME),
smallholder farmers, and peat rehabilitation. The scopes of studies are covering all
parts of climate change; climate adaptation, climate, climate law, and climate finance.
Indonesia is a developing country in adapting and mitigating climate change.
There are still needs to further work on governing the action. Improvement is needed
in multi-sectoral coordination and in legal construction of climate action. Adaptation
and mitigation will mean a sustainable development processes and doing so will in
longer run eradicate the poverty, increase equality, and preserve the environment.
There are still hopes of further improvement of the processes; however, the lesson
learnt to further incorporate needs to be streamlined further in more development
issues.