This paper discusses the role of international development partners* in financing mitigation and adaptation actions in the land use sectors in Indonesia. However questions remain around the effectiveness of these efforts.
The international community is already supporting changes in Indonesia’s land use sector, contributing USD 323 million climate finance in 2011, with 17.7% of that going to land use (Ampri et al. The international community therefore has the opportunity to have a large impact. The Indonesian government has set emissions reduction targets of 26% below business as usual by 2020, scaling up to 29% by 2030, and increasing their overall ambition to 41% with international support.
Indonesia has a key role to play in meeting climate stabilization targets, with its high contribution to global land use, forestry, peatland, and agriculture emissions.
