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Day 21: Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Thamrin

Directorate General of Climate Change
We began our day at 9am, with a drive to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to meet with Indonesia's lead climate change negotiator.
Directorates of Mapping, Climate Change

2020: 26% emission reduction (unconditional); 41% with international support

Forestry
  • Rehabilitation of degraded lands
  • Peatlands restoration
Social forestry includes REDD+ and non-REDD+
National registry systems on climate change: by 2020
  • Provides data and info to the public about actions
  • Currently voluntary, but will be mandatory by 2020
  • Verification: ???? How is that
  • Fugitive energy emission: from transmission
Achievement so far
  • Little assistance in form of grants; so it's difficult
  • Not achievable by 2030

We met fellows of the Thamrin City located in the Sarinah Mall
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