Climate Village Program implemented at 6,000 locations: Ministry

Palu, Central Sulawesi (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Environment and Forestry confirmed connected Tuesday that the Climate Village Program (ProKlim) had been implemented successful astatine slightest 6,000 locations nationwide by the extremity of 2022.

After opening a method gathering connected addressing clime alteration issues successful the Sulawesi region, the manager wide of clime alteration power astatine the ministry, Laksmi Dhewanthi, stated that the authorities aims to found 20,000 "climate villages" by 2024.

"With the existent realization, we people that astatine slightest 7,000 clime villages volition beryllium established this twelvemonth alone, portion the remainder volition beryllium completed adjacent year," she added.

The authoritative mentioned that her ministry is targeting to acceptable up 13,000 clime villages by the extremity of 2023.

"At present, we are conducting verification, and the Sulawesi portion volition beryllium included successful the clime colony improvement projects," informed Dhewanthi.

The Climate Village Program is implemented to promote nationalist engagement successful adaptation and mitigation actions against clime alteration and to trim greenhouse state emissions.

According to the Environment and Forestry Ministerial Regulation No. 84 of 2016 connected the Climate Village Program, ProKlim tin beryllium implemented successful administrative areas astatine the level of rukun warga (community units) up to villages.

The manager wide stated that the authorities is considering re-conceptualizing the programme arsenic a community-based enactment that could beryllium implemented successful schoolhouse and bureau environments.

The Climate Village Program, arsenic a clime enactment measurement astatine the basal level, is 1 of the issues being discussed astatine the method meeting, which is taking spot connected May 30–31, 2023.

Ministry representatives and officials from determination governments are attending the gathering to sermon and make collaboration betwixt authorities astatine each authorities levels to code clime alteration and trim greenhouse state emissions.

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