Overview
- Discusses the science, adaptation, and mitigation of climate change in Indonesia
- Latest compilation of climate change material in Indonesia
- Written by some of the most authoritative figures on climate change, including researchers and policy makers
- Chapter 10 "Carbon Stocks from Peat Swamp Forest and Oil Palm Plantation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia" is available as open access chapter
Part of the book series: Springer Climate (SPCL)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
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Climate Change Mitigation and Other Cross Cutting Issues (Finance, Communication, Law)
Keywords
- Climate Change in Indonesia
- Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change
- Governance and Sustainable Development
- Climate Action
- Environmental Management
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Climate resilience of Indonesia
- climate change
- Climate change management
- Environmental Geography
- climate change impacts
About this book
Indonesia is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change due to its geographical, physical, and social-economic situations. There are many initiatives to understand and deal with the impacts in the country. The national government has issued key guiding policies for climate change. International agencies together with local stakeholders are working on strengthening the capacity in the policy formulations and implement actions to build community resilience. Universities are conducting research on climate change related at different scales. Cities and local governments are implementing innovations in adapting to the impacts of climate change and transiting toward green economy. This book summarizes and discusses the state-of-the-art regarding climate change in Indonesia including adaptation and mitigation measures.
The primary readership of the book includes policy makers, scientists and practitioners of climate change actions in Indonesia and other countries facing similar challenges.
Chapter “Carbon Stocks from Peat Swamp Forest and Oil Palm Plantation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Joni Jupesta works as Senior Researcher at the Research Institute of Sinar Mas Agribusiness and Food(SMARTRI). An Indonesian citizen, he graduated his Ph.D. in Management Science and Technology from Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. His works are focusing on the environmental impact assessment across sectoral agriculture, food and energy. He received several accolades for his scientific work, among others: Green Talent Award in 2012 from German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Mitra Award in 2013 from Asia Pacific Network on Global Change Research (APN-GCR), and Life Cycle thinking Approach (LCA) Award in 2017 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). In 2018 he was selected as Lead Author for Working Group III to prepare the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report.
Prof. Edvin Aldrian works for the Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Jakarta, Indonesia. He is the IPCC Working Group I Vice Chair.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Climate Change Research, Policy and Actions in Indonesia
Book Subtitle: Science, Adaptation and Mitigation
Editors: Riyanti Djalante, Joni Jupesta, Edvin Aldrian
Series Title: Springer Climate
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55536-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55535-1Published: 07 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55538-2Published: 08 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55536-8Published: 06 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2352-0698
Series E-ISSN: 2352-0701
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 328
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Climate Change, Climate Change Management and Policy, Environmental Geography, Sustainable Development, Human Geography, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts