http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/10/05/indonesia-cutting-emissions-by-up-to-41-per-cent-how/ Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the Pacific Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:50:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/10/05/indonesia-cutting-emissions-by-up-to-41-per-cent-how/comment-page-1/#comment-66494 David Michael Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:12:08 +0000 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=7331#comment-66494 Well, it's not a binding commitment. Should we encourage equally ambitious, non-binding commitments? I think not. Should we encourage binding equipments from countries with poverty problems and low emissions and power consumption. Indonesia's current CO2 emissions per capita are 1.9 metric tonnes/capita compared to 12.5 in the high income OECD. Indonesia consumes 509 kWh/capita of energy compared to 9,792 in the high income OECD. McKinsey's analysis is not much short of hubris. There is nothing about implementation difficulties; many costs are ignored or assumed to be picked up by donors; and more importantly what are they on about encouraging emission reductions from a country that already has its fair share of poverty ( would be more than 20% using the $1.50/day benchmark). Well, it’s not a binding commitment. Should we encourage equally ambitious, non-binding commitments? I think not. Should we encourage binding equipments from countries with poverty problems and low emissions and power consumption. Indonesia’s current CO2 emissions per capita are 1.9 metric tonnes/capita compared to 12.5 in the high income OECD. Indonesia consumes 509 kWh/capita of energy compared to 9,792 in the high income OECD. McKinsey’s analysis is not much short of hubris. There is nothing about implementation difficulties; many costs are ignored or assumed to be picked up by donors; and more importantly what are they on about encouraging emission reductions from a country that already has its fair share of poverty ( would be more than 20% using the $1.50/day benchmark).

]]> http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/10/05/indonesia-cutting-emissions-by-up-to-41-per-cent-how/comment-page-1/#comment-64442 Lincoln Fung Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:28:21 +0000 http://www.eastasiaforum.org/?p=7331#comment-64442 It is an ambitious goal from a developing country and should be encouraged. There is a strong momentum from the developing members in the G20, like Indonesia and China. The world should act on climate change and energy efficiency and sustainability. It is an ambitious goal from a developing country and should be encouraged.
There is a strong momentum from the developing members in the G20, like Indonesia and China.
The world should act on climate change and energy efficiency and sustainability.

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