The Link Between Climate Change and Inequality in Indonesia -- Taped Live
Today's episode was taped live in front a virtual audience as part of a series of a series of episodes examining the relationship between climate and security, produced in partnership with CGIAR, the world's largest global agricultural innovation network.
The episode today, which is the eighth and final in our series, examines the relationship between climate security and inequality in Indonesia.
In Indonesia, most farming households live below the poverty line and rely on agriculture for their subsistence. Therefore, climate induced losses on crop and livestock productivity are inherently regressive in nature -- they can severely worsen the life of the poorest, further increasing economic inequality.
New research finds that climate variability reduces household income, and communities experiencing extreme temperatures see their income affected the most. The impact of climate variability on income is also most acutely felt by female-headed households and older populations.
These are just some key findings that we will be discussing today.
And with that, let’s get into a discussion about the intersection of Climate Variability and inequality in Indonesia. It is my pleasure to introduce our panelists.
Athia Yumna, Deputy Director of Research and Outreach, The SMERU Research Institute
Mubariq Ahmad, Country Director, Conservation Strategy Fund (CSF) Indonesia
Maliki, Director for Poverty Alleviation and Community Empowerment, Ministry of National Development Planning- National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas)
Henriette Faergemann, First Counsellor, Environment, Climate Action and ICT, Delegation of the European Union to Indonesia
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This episode is a dissemination event that is part of the research project “Climate variability in Indonesia and Vietnam” from the EU-AFD Research Facility on inequalities, developed with the financial support of the European Commission and the coordination of the French Development Agency (AFD). The research initiative presented today is a complement to other climate initiatives in Indonesia that AFD supports, such as a non-sovereign loan to strengthen the capacities of the Meteorological, climatological and geophysical agency (BMKG) for marine meteorology data acquisition and modeling; and two credit lines to PTSMI dedicated to adaptation and mitigation of climate change with some allocations to health and social projects.