2023 Volume 26 Issue 1-2 Pages 31-38
In 2021, Indonesia announced that it would expand its climate change mitigation commitment with an eye to achieving net-zero emissions by 2060 while at the same time continuing to strive to achieve its medium-term emission reduction target, which is stated in its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). However, over the last few decades, there has been no significant reduction in emissions, and this has become a signal for Indonesia to accelerate its emission reduction actions. This study aims to summarize the dynamics of emission mitigation policies in Indonesia and the various constraints accompanying them. Some of the most frequent key challenges are technical constraints at the sectoral level, limited funding, knowledge gaps at the local level, land acquisition and public acceptance. However, apart from the complexity of these problems, Indonesia has also gradually made some progress, such as improving and maintaining communication among stakeholders, formulating mitigation policies that involve more local community participation, and seeking alternative financing to support the country’s emission mitigation projects.
