Environment, Economy and Development (Lingkungan, Ekonomi dan Pembangunan))

Tony Djogo  The fabulous, lavish climate conference in Bali will finish soon. As has happened to many conferences, seminars, or workshops, the simple question people have always asked is, will the participants consistently follow up on the recommendations generated from the conference? Can they implement the post-conference action plans? Do they really apply what they have learned from others at the conference? Will their institution support them when they return to their office or organization with the follow-up of an action plan regarding budget, project planning and design, staff, and other resources support? Will their governments incorporate the conference's findings into the legal and regulatory framework?  We could ask more questions. There are many more interesting discussions and achievements at this conference we could learn from the media and websites. There are agreements and disagreements, pros and cons, for certain aspects or means of mitigating climate change.  The

Tony Djogo  The Bali conference on climate change has kicked off, with more than 10,000 participants from 186 - 192 countries attending this lavish and expensive event. Fantastic! Will it effectively bring about constructive issues, institutions, policies, or the most critical outputs in the form of realistic follow-up plans, designs, and activities to be implemented by each country, institution, stakeholder, or even individual? I have attended many different meetings, seminars, workshops, symposiums, and conferences in different countries in Indonesia. Those events often discussed interesting and useful issues and produced good-quality reports. However, who will follow up with planning, design, and its application or implementation on the ground level? I have noticed that in a meeting with 200 people, only 15 – 20 people probably speak well with good arguments, insights, or reasons about the issues.  In the working group discussions with 30 – 40 participants, only 5 -6 people talk

Climate Change Global Institutions versus Local Actions Tony Djogo Climate changes, global warming, carbon markets, water issues, deforestation, poverty alleviation, and all other related and pertinent contemporary and interlocking issues have been in the heated debate nowadays. Many donors and governmental institutions have poured much money into research, policy dialogue and development, meetings, and capacity building. How could we really be convinced that human beings can control nature and mitigate climate change while they have destroyed the environment? Humans have greedily exploited natural resources with their political, economic, or financial powers? In the 1970s, there were heated debates about the future of our earth, with several concepts proposed for protecting the environment, such as sustainable development. The more research conducted, the more discussions organized, and the more policies developed for protecting the environment, the more degraded forest, land, a