[Anthropgrad] Reminder: RESEARCH SEMINAR - Kurnya Roesad, Frank Jotzo and Efa Yonnedi - 12.30-2 pm 17 September 2008

[RMAP Seminars]

Joint RMAP and ANU Indonesia Study Group Seminar

ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES IN INDONESIA

Kurnya Roesad (World Bank Jakarta 
<http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/0,,menuPK:208943%7EpagePK:158889%7EpiPK:146815%7EtheSitePK:226301,00.html>), 
Frank Jotzo (ANU 
<http://rspas.anu.edu.au/people/personal/jotzf_econ.php>) and Efa 
Yonnedi (Andalas 
<http://www.unand.ac.id/en/index.php?pModule=home&pSub=home&pAct=view> 
University Padang 
<http://www.unand.ac.id/en/index.php?pModule=home&pSub=home&pAct=view>)

12.30 - 2.00 pm Wednesday 17 September
Seminar Room B (Arndt Room) Coombs Building

Abstract
Climate change policy is currently being mainstreamed into Indonesia's 
national economic and development strategies, raising complex 
institutional and policy coordination issues.  We investigate how 
effective Indonesia's institutional and economic governance framework is 
in attracting international carbon finance and investment flows, and how 
it could be improved to benefit from future international climate 
agreements. We look at the central government's policy framework, and 
illustrate centre-region aspects of climate change policies with case 
studies from Sumatra. Preliminary findings show a fragmented national 
framework for carbon finance with a limited focus on Clean Development 
Mechanism (CDM) projects.  Key barriers to implementation of CDM 
projects are lack of capacity of local governments, high transaction 
costs in project cycles, general investment climate conditions and 
distorted price structures in the energy sector. On a broader level, the 
recent record with the project--based CDM approach raises questions on 
whether a more encompassing policy strategy and institutional framework 
is needed, pointing to scaled-up programmatic CDM approaches and 
industry or sector--wide agreements, and ultimately national targets. 
This research is supported by the AIGRP program.
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Resource Management in Asia-Pacific Program

Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies

The Australian National University

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