Executive Summary – National Adaptation Plan 2019

Indonesia is one of the countries located right on the equator, and is the largest archipelagic country in the world, making it very vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Based on climate change projection, Indonesia is experiencing an increase of temperature, including sea surface temperature, and changes in the pattern and intensity of rainfall. Changes in climate conditions will potentially cause various hazards including prolonged drought, flooding, and increasing extreme weather events that will have social, economic and environmental impacts, such as crops failures, reduced capture fisheries production, reduced livelihoods opportunity, loss of biodiversity, increase in number of outbreak events for various types of infectious diseases. The impact of climate change can ultimately hamper the implementation of the national development plan. Adaptation action strategies in the development of climate resilience on short, medium and long term are needed to protect the community and development sustainability, especially for preventing massive socioeconomic losses in the future. To anticipate the potential negative impacts, the Indonesian Government is committed through the preparation of the National Action Plan for Climate Change Adaptation (RAN API) or National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) as the main reference in the planning of climate change adaptation actions through the adoption of adaptive criteria. This document is prepared through a scientific, inclusive and iterative process by taking into account the characteristics of sectors and regions through scientific studies that were strengthened with experience and best practice at the local level from various stakeholders. As it is known, adaptation is a collaborative effort from various stakeholders and cooperation between the national governments, sub-national governments, private sectors, development partners and communities. Through climate resilience development, it is expected to support the achievement of national development targets that are sustainable and adaptive to climate change