Mainstreaming East Kalimantan's RAD GRK

Balikpapan, 11/11/13. The East Kalimantan Provincial Government has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 15.6% in 2020. Programs and activities through RAD GHG (Regional Action Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions) started in 2010 and the target to be achieved in 2020 is 15.6% semission reduction sources and scenarios are calculated in various sectors such as the land-based sector (forestry, mining, plantations, agriculture and livestocklang="EN-US">), energy sector, lang="EN-US">transportation and industry, as well as the waste management sector.

The achievements of the East Kalimantan Provincial Government are included in East Kalimantan Governor Regulation Number 54 2012 concerning the Regional Action Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions identified and calculated emission sources and determined emission reduction scenarios that could be achieved by East Kalimantan in 2020 by 15.6%.

This will be revealed at the Coordination meeting for the Socialization of Implementation and Implementation of the Regional Action Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions (RAD GRK) which will be held today, Monday 11 November 2013 in the meeting room of the Hotel Gran Senyiur, Jl. ARS Mohammad Number 7, Balikpapan City, East Kalimantan 76112, Indonesia, and will be attended by approximately one hundred participants and invitees from the Ministry of National Development Planning / Bappenas, SKPD within the East Kalimantan Provincial Government and Regencies / Cities throughout East Kalimantan.

Meanwhile The Government of the Republic of Indonesia is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 26% with its own efforts until 41% with assistance from other countries. These efforts were strengthened by the publication of various strategies and policy tools at the national level, such as Presidential Decree No. 61 of 2011 concerning the National Action Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Presidential Decree No. 62 of 2011 concerning the Implementation of a National Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Presidential Decree No. 62 of 2013 concerning the Reduction Management Agency. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation of Forests and Peatlands, also Presidential Instruction Number 10 of 2011 concerning the postponement of granting new permits and improving the governance of primary natural forests and peatlands (for 2 years) and updated again with Presidential Instruction number 6 of 2013.

Various program efforts and activities as well as strategies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions through regulations and policies that have been issued either At the national and provincial levels, it is necessary to review its implementation, whether there are obstacles and barriers to its implementation and how to overcome them. So an information exchange mechanism is needed for all of these things. The East Kalimantan Provincial Government together with Bappenas plans to evaluate the implementation of the regional action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to ascertain how far it has been implemented and what obstacles, if any, exist.

Goals of Mainstreaming RAD GRK include:

1. Mknowing the extent of mainstreaming RAD GRK (Regional Action Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions) in the regional development planning system at the Provincial, Regency/City and SKPD levels;

2. Conveying the efforts being made by the Provincial and Regency Governments in East Kalimantan to mainstream the emission reduction agenda into regional development planning in East Kalimantan;

3. Map constraints and seek solutions to problems and determine follow-up actions/future needs related to mainstreaming emission reduction in development planning at the provincial and district levels as well as SKPD;

4. Map obstacles and seek solutions to problems and determine follow-up actions/future needs related to the implementation and evaluation mechanism for emission reduction in development planning at the Provincial and Regency levels as well as SKPD;

Expected Results Mainstreaming RAD-GRK among :

1. There is a similarity in perception regarding the implementation of RAD GRK by regional planning institutions and technical SKPD at the provincial, district and city levels;

2. Understanding the importance of mainstreaming the emissions reduction agenda in the development planning process so that it can be implemented well and measurably by sectoral institutions;

3. Availability of input for revision of the East Kalimantan Province RAD GRK emissions baseline. (Public Relations of the East Kalimantan Bappeda/Sukandar, S.Sos).