The Deputy Speaker of the MPR RI and Chairman of the Democratic Party\nFaction of the DPR RI, Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono, has encouraged that the\nClimate Change Bill does not merely stop at being a normative\nregulation, but truly becomes a state instrument to protect the people,\npreserve the environment, and ensure that economic growth continues to\nprogress.<\/p>\n
This message was delivered by Ibas, as he is affectionately known,\nduring the Democratic Party Faction\u2019s National Seminar titled\n\u201cEnvironmental Management and Climate Change Bill: Resilient Indonesia,\nProsperous People \u2014 Towards Just, Sustainable, and Impactful Climate\nPolicy\u201d in Jakarta on Monday (31\/8\/2026).<\/p>\n
The forum brought together members of parliament, the government,\nacademics, researchers, civil society organisations, the business\ncommunity, and the younger generation to discuss the direction of\nIndonesia\u2019s climate change policy.<\/p>\n
A number of experts and stakeholders were in attendance, including\nBRIN Senior Lead Researcher Prof.\u00a0Eddy Hermawan, Executive Director of\nSustain Tata Mustasya, and Fabby Tumiwa from the Institute for Essential\nServices Reform (IESR), alongside representatives from BMKG, WALHI,\nGreenpeace, research institutions, and youth organisations.<\/p>\n
According to Ibas, climate change is no longer an issue discussed\nonly in international forums or academic spaces. Its impacts are being\nfelt directly by the community in daily life, ranging from changes in\nweather patterns to threats to food security, livelihoods, the\nenvironment, and community life in various regions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen food prices are affected by extreme weather, that is a climate\nissue. When fishermen find it difficult to predict the weather, that is\na climate issue. When floods, droughts, fires, or heatwaves increasingly\ndisrupt lives, that is also a climate issue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He emphasised that because the impacts of climate change touch the\nlives of the people, climate policy is essentially part of the state\u2019s\nconstitutional duty.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we talk about climate change, we are actually talking about the\nstate\u2019s constitutional duty to protect and prosper the people,\u201d Edhie\nBaskoro asserted.<\/p>\n
The Deputy Speaker of the MPR assessed that it is inappropriate to\nframe environmental protection as something that must be pitted against\neconomic growth. He referred to Article 33, paragraph (4) of the 1945\nConstitution, which mandates that the national economy be organised\nbased on principles of economic democracy, including equitable\nefficiency, sustainability, environmental awareness, independence, and\nmaintaining the balance of national economic progress and unity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe environment and prosperity are not two separate choices. Our\nConstitution has provided the way: the economy must grow, growth must be\nequitable, development must be sustainable, and the environment must be\nprotected,\u201d he said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ibas-emphasises-six-key-elements-in-climate-change-bill-1788368178", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }