By: Masayu Yulien Vinanda
Bogor (24/10)-As the Copenhagen climate change conference 2009 approaches, WWF-Indonesia worked with a group of environmental journalists united in SIEJ (Society of Indonesian Environmental Journalists) to conduct a journalists workshop in Novotel Hotel, Bogor, for two days, starting on Friday (23/10) to Saturday (24/10).

It is expected that the workshop will be able to give knowledge for journalists regarding climate change before they cover the conference. Numbers of journalists from various mass madia for instance Kompas, Jakarta Post, Antara, Suara Pembaharuan, Tempo Nespaper and Tempo Magazine, Media Indonesia, Sinar Harapan, and TV One participated the workshop titled “Road to Copenhagen.

REDD in Indonesia and its progress in global negotiation became first topic been discussed. Chief of Climate Change Working Group, Department of Forestry Wandojo Siswanto gave presentation about Indonesia REDD Readiness phase and its progress. Whereas member of The National Climate Change Council (DNPI) Doddy S. Sukadri reviewed REDD and REDD plus in Global Negotiation Structure.
“We have been developing Indonesia REDD Readiness strategy for instance preparing FRIS, Forest Resource Information System and NCAS or National Carbon Accounting System. We are also preparing REDD instrument at the national and sub-national level through UNFREDD and FCPF, collaborating with Australia and Germany to draft REDD demonstration activities. All of those actions aimed to support our REDD readiness strategy. As a result, Indonesia will be ready to continue to REDD full implementation including its market based,” Wandojo said.

Dealing with climate change conference in Copenhagen next December, Doddy said, prior issues to be addressed in Copenhagen beside REDD are marine sector, mitigation, Nationally Mitigation Actions or NAMAs and financing mechanism. Indonesia will also follow up The President’s statement at G20 meeting in Pittsburgh regarding emission reduction, adaptation financing and technology transfer.

Besides those two speakers, the workshop also presented the Chief of the post-2012 Working Group of The National Climate Change Council (DNPI) who is also Indonesia chief negotiator on climate change as resource person.

Success at COP 15, Tri clarified, depends on how developed countries in Annex I change their behaviour. Post climate change talks held  in Bangkok, Thailand, last September, Tri said, developed countries didn’t shown their commitment to raising their target on medium-term emissions reduction.

“If developed countries didn’t take another important step on the path to a low-carbon future, by reducing emissions by 45 percent in 2020,  particularly US and China, I predict that The Copenhaegen Conference would just become another stop on the long path of fighting climate change,” Tri said.
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