Oxfam and Indonesian Civil Society Forum held an event on Friday evening (7/12). The purpose of the event was to share and discuss the human impact of climate change in Indonesia and to explore what the government, private sector, civil society and other stakeholders should do to ensure that the vulnerable groups can adapt to climate change.
The event is opened by David MacDonald, Country Program Manager of Oxfam Indonesia. During the opening speech, David shared his experience when he visited West Timor. He met up with local people and only to find out that the coping ability of local people to adapt with the climate change has stroked to the limit. People in West Timor are suffering and they will be more suffer if the government, private sector, civil society and other stakeholders do not take any action to eliminate their misery. (more…)
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