Can the Norway^s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) Help Indonesia Escape the Environmental Crisis? Leni Winarni (a*), Santi Noor Pratiwi (b)
a) Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir Sutami 36A, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia *leniwinarni[at]staff.uns.ac.id
b) Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Jl. Ir Sutami 36A, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia
Abstract
Indonesia has made many efforts, such as joint agreements with other organizations, institutions, and countries, especially Norway^s Forest Initiative and Forest Initiative (NICFI), under the auspices of the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment in collaboration with Norad - The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. By using an environmentalist and neoliberal approach, this article aims to analyze the role of NICFI in supporting Indonesia to achieve its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by examining data form from documentation covering policies and programs relating to the environment in Indonesia, which are in line with the objectives of NICFI. This article argues that cooperation between countries is needed to reduce the greenhouse effect- collaboration is required to support the program through funding and as a pressure group for their partner.
Keywords: Environment crisis- Greenhouse gas emission- Cooperation- The role of foreign environment organization
