News & Events

The involvement of non-party stakeholders (NPS) in the Climate Village Program (Proklim) is crucial for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing local resilience. This aligns with Indonesia's commitment to climate change mitigation. The Proklim program encompasses a variety of mitigation and adaptation efforts, allowing communities, entities, and individuals to contribute to the Indonesian Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) by developing their own Proklim initiatives, which are registered in the National Registry System by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

In a landmark event that attracted over 100,000 delegates, double the number from the previous session, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC COP 28) in Dubai, held from November 30th to December 13th, 2023, has concluded.

The commitment of the Indonesian government to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions is expressed in Presidential Regulation Number 98 of 2021 concerning the implementation of Carbon Economic Value for achieving Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets and controlling GHG Emissions in National Development. The regulation stipulates that national, provinces, regencies/cities government are required to prepare local Adaptation Action Plans (RAD).

The Indonesian Government's commitment in achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement is regulated through the Presidential Regulation Number 98 of 2021 concerning “Implementation of Economic Value of Carbon (NEK) to Achieve Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets and control of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in National Development”. Regional governments can play a crucial role in achieving the NDC target by implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation actions. HSF and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) held a workshop in Balikpapan from 20-22 July 2023 in order to train non-party stakeholders on methods how cities, districts and provinces can contribute to the NDC targets.

The Indonesian Government's commitment to address the impacts of climate change, is regulated through Presidential Regulation Number 98 of 2021 concerning Implementation of Economic Value of Carbon (NEK) to Achieve Nationally Determined Contribution Targets and Control of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in National Development. Among other scope of the regulation is that all sectors and local governments, under the coordination of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), must prepare a greenhouse gas (GHG) report. To this end, Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) partnered with Directorate General of Climate Change Control (Ditjen PPI) of KLHK by conducting a training workshop on GHG inventory, reporting, monitoring and validation in Palangkaraya from 13-14 June 2023.

To promote and raise awareness on climate change the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) collaborated with the Directorate General of Climate Change Control (Ditjen PPI) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to train officers on generating videos, infographics and photos-based contents addressing climate change, by using mobile phone devices.

In order to contribute to the achievement of Indonesia’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) the president of the Republic of Indonesia addressed the creation of carbon economic value in the Presidential Decree No 98/2021. This Decree stipulates that all sectors and local governments under the coordination of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) have to prepare adaptation action plans. Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) collaborated with the Directorate General of Climate Change Control (Ditjen PPI) of KLHK to facilitate a training workshop with non-party stakeholders in South Sulawesi Province on the preparation of these adaptation action plans.

To address the Presidential Decree no 98/2021 on carbon economic value implementation and to achieve the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), it is mandated that all sectors and local governments, under the coordination of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), must prepare a greenhouse gas (GHG) report. To this end, Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) partnered with the Directorate General of Climate Change Control (Ditjen PPI) of KLHK by conducting a training workshop on GHG inventory, reporting, monitoring and validation in Palembang from 9-10th of May.

On April 14-15 2021, the Hanns Seidel Foundation Indonesia in collaboration with the Faculty of Law of the Universitas Kristen Indonesia, held its first International Conference on Law and Human Rights. The event focused on the question how ASEAN countries can find solutions to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic by harmonizing and integrating laws and principles to support the individual policies, taken by each member country.

From 8th to 9th of April, Hanns Seidel Foundation in cooperation with the Center for Constitutional Studies (PUSaKO) Faculty of Law from Andalas University, invited professors and legal expert to discuss public participation in the formation of law. This workshop aimed to analyze and identify solutions how to strengthening public participation in the law formation and judicial review process in the Constitutional Court.