INDONESIA UPDATE - MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING, CLIMATE CHANGE

UNCLAS JAKARTA 000651 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR EAP/MTS AND EAP/RSP DEPT FOR OES/EGC AND OES/ETC NSC FOR CEQ CONNAUGHTON, VAN DYKE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID SUBJECT: INDONESIA UPDATE - MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING, CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION REF: A. JAKARTA 324 ¶B. JAKARTA 156 ¶1. (SBU) According to preliminary information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Deplu),Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani might lead the Indonesian delegation to the next Major Economies Meeting (MEMIII) in Paris this month. There will be four persons in the delegation, possibly including a representative from the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS). Post will follow up and provide confirmation of this. ¶2. (SBU) Separately, Post reported President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) was going to issue a decree establishing a National Climate Change Commission (NCCC) by the end of February (ref A). Our Ministry of Environment contacts now say that President SBY's international travel schedule delayed the decree, but that it is now "on the President's desk" awaiting his signature. During the March 27 monthly Environmental Donors Coordination Meeting in Jakarta, other donor representatives confirmed they are also expecting the decree in early April. ¶3. (SBU) It is unclear what role the NCCC will play in international climate change talks. Debate on this, and the proposed NCCC's detailed role and responsibilities in general, may also have contributed to the delay. One of the NCCC's primary responsibilities will be to monitor compliance with and implementation of Indonesia's National Action Plan for Addressing Climate Change, released in November 2007. BAPPENAS will serve as the NCCC's Secretariat, while a Steering Committee to serve as the day-to-day coordinator or implementer of the Commission's mandate. BAPPENAS will play a planning role, but other Ministries will have equal responsibilities. HUME