The Provincial Government of East Kalimantan is on its way in implementing the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund program. Led by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the province recently started a pre-negotiation process of the Emission Reduction Payment Agreement (ERPA) with FCPF donors. It is expected that the ERPA negotiation would conclude before the end of calendar year 2019 for it to be signed. Once the ERPA is signed, the East Kalimantan government implements activities to generate emission reduction (ER) targets. Based on verification of ER, East Kalimantan will receive payments.

East Kalimantan program entered into the FCPF CF portfolio after the ER-PD was fully accepted by the FCPF CF Participants in June 2019. East Kalimantan has a comprehensive and ambitious development agenda that has the potential to significantly reduce emissions in the province. It is also a province known for its robust implementation of the national policy framework on climate change and a leading province for embarking on a green growth strategy and plan.

At a recent event in the launch of the ER-PD, the East Kalimantan Governor, Mr. Isran Noor emphasized his commitment to the agenda. “East Kalimantan is paving the way for other provinces in the country to follow suit for a greener and more sustainable Indonesia.” The event was organized by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to bring key stakeholders together to highlight the success in developing the emission reduction program. The celebratory event included over 200 stakeholders, including the Governor of East Kalimantan, the Head of the MoEF Research and Innovation Agency, Dr. Agus Justianto; MoEF Director for Climate Change Mitigation, Ms. Emma Rachmawaty; a representative from the Government of Norway, Mr. Øyvind Dahl, as well as representatives from provincial and district government agencies, academicians, local NGOs / CSOs, and media.

This text comes via the Indonesia Sustainable Landscape Management (SLM) Program's fourth newsletter, covering July-September 2019. The publication is supported by the SLM multi-donor trust fund through the support from the Kingdom of Norway and the Australian Government.