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Media Meet on Climate Change

4/15/2017

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Dr. Sutomo Press Institute (LPDS) Campus
Wednesday, April 27, 2017
02.00 – 04.00 PM
 
The Dr Soetomo Press Institute (LPDS) and  The Climate Reality Project Indonesia invited journalists and climate communicators for a media meet themed: After Paris and Trump, how real is climate reality?
 
Resource persons include Matthew Boms, the International Manager of The Climate Reality Project, and Rachmat Witoelar, Indonesian President’s Special Envoy for Climate Change.
 
Warief Djajanto Basorie, climate leader trained in Jakarta in 2011 was the moderator of this media meet, also attended by several climate leaders who work as journalists.  Warief is a journalism instructor and project manager, covering climate change workshops at LPDS.
 
Matthew Boms explained how in the US system, an Executive Order can be challenged by the Justice System.  Furthermore, State Governments such as California and New York have climate change policies in line with the global agreement.
 
Meanwhile, Rachmat Witoelar who was asked about the impact of Trump presidency on climate actions in Indonesia responded that Indonesia is on track on its emission reduction of 26% by 2020. Indonesia should also have its attention on emission reduction from its forestry sector as the biggest emission source, 
 
LPDS is a center for professional journalism training and development in Jakarta. It was established July 23, 1988 under the auspices of the Press Council of Indonesia.
 
Apart from short-term and long-term journalism programs, LPDS also holds thematic workshops. One such workshop series is covering climate change throughout Indonesia where there are forest and peat land to save. The climate reporting workshop series started in Central Kalimantan in March 2012 with generous funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway.  
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