Jakarta to reduce greenhouse gas under new plan

JAKARTA:

To reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of Indonesia’s efforts to meet its nationally determined contribution (NDC), the Jakarta administration aims to be a model city of emissions reduction by drafting an action plan called Ikhtiar Jakarta (Jakarta Endeavor).

Ikhtiar Jakarta would consist of action plans and commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions not just from the government, but also civil society organisations, ICLEI-Local Government for Sustainability Indonesia country manager, Gina Karina said.

ICLEI is a global network of towns, cities and regions committed to building a sustainable future.

“This ikhtiar will contain strategies from the residents’ point of view as well,” Gina said at a discussion on Friday.

She said that Ikhtiar Jakarta, as part of the ICLEI Indonesia Ambitious City Promises project, would take into account the wishes of citizens to speed up emissions reduction efforts, and has identified 11 stakeholders.

They are children and teachers, youths, women, disabled people, fishermen, urban farmers, non-governmental organisations, religious groups, academics, as well as businesses in the city.

Gina said that ICLEI Indonesia and the Jakarta administration would conduct a public consultation on Monday with the stakeholders to come up with the final draft of Ikhtiar Jakarta.

She added the draft would also include at least two pilot projects to introduce and to start implementing Ikhtiar Jakarta once it was finished.

The projects would involve schools and religious groups carrying out actions to reduce emissions locally, which could be replicated elsewhere, although the technical details had yet to be finished, Gina said.

Gina went on to say that Ikhtiar Jakarta would provide a framework for the Jakarta administration to formalise regional legislation, with the citizens proposing steps that could be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Assistant to the governor for spatial planning and environment Oswar Muadzin Mungkasa applauded Ikhtiar Jakarta, saying it was important that all levels of society in the city were involved in creating steps to achieve the emissions target. — The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network