The Analysis of Indonesia's Climate Change Policies in Response to the 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report/AR6 Group 1 (2021-2023)

Abstract

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides scientific‐based assessments regarding the climate change as the reference for its member countries to formulate the best possible climate change policies. Based on the 2021 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group I Sixth Assessment Report/AR6 Group 1 IPCC, Southeast Asia was predicted to be one of the most vulnerable regions. This report shows the need for all Southeast Asian countries to further adapt their policies to cope with the future risk of climate change. As one of the members of IPCC, Government of Indonesia is expected to formulate and implement its climate change mitigation‐oriented policies in the most effective way. This research aims to analyze the implementation of climate change policies in Indonesia as the follow‐up from the 2021 IPCC Assessment Report. To ensure the validity of the work, this research uses data from various secondary sources. This research also tries to elaborate the connection between the policies and one of the 2020‐2024 National Medium‐Term Development Plan (RPJMN) Agendas. The Government of Indonesia shows positive efforts in slowing down the land degradation and were able to reduce the levels of GHG emissions in the past few years. Indonesia even managed to surpass the targets of GHG emissions reduction in the year of 2021, and 2022, respectively. In terms of disaster prevention, the data from BNPB shows that the disaster in Indonesia is decreasing in the last few years.