Jakarta Globe: Environmentalists Wary of Candidates’ Views on Tackling Climate Change

Environmentalists are wary of a setback in Indonesia’s climate change program, with neither of the two presidential contenders seen to show environmental commitment at least as that of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

“It’s a bleak future,” said Muhammad Teguh Surya, forest political campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia. “SBY [President Yudhoyono] has at least made several commitments regarding climate change mitigation and forest protection, despite many holes and weaknesses in the implementations,” he added.

Agenda Lingkungan Capres RI 2014

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