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Firmansyah MS
Executive Director, P3 Media (The Center of Media Studies and Development). Many years of experience working with Internews in Timor Leste and Indonesia. Worked as Executive Producer Aceh Broadcasting Development Project to establish and set up Emergency Broadcast Radio Program after tsunami disaster in Aceh. Worked as Lead Trainer for Equipping Journalists for Accurate Reporting on Avian Influenza and the H5N1 Virus in Indonesia.
Posts by Firmansyah MS
The silent partner
No commentsUntil consultations at the eleventh hour, Indonesia did not seize a historic opportunity to captain and act on the subject of climate change, to secure the safety of its citizens’ future. Indonesia did not take the lead in delivering on proposals that are permanent in character. In the long run, a crisis looms as the moratorium on burning forests for farms ends.
»Let’s help each other
No commentsAt the Bali climate change summit, it is not poverty that is the issue, but rather the objective is to leverage both the convention and the Kyoto Protocol to facilitate states to help each other mutually to achieve the common goal of stabilizing concentration of greenhouse gases.
»We care too
No commentsHaving worked for more than ten days at the UNFCCC, employees backstage are getting a firsthand understanding of climate change. Electricians, security guards and hygiene officers, who work unobtrusively and are often forgotten by super busy delegates, are often assumed to know little about climate change. A quick survey by the Indonesian Bird Foundation showed otherwise. Nearly all of the 20 respondents quizzed showed they were entirely aware that climate change was a serious issue.
»A moral dilemma
No commentsFormer US Vice President Al Gore called for a change in the Bush government’s policy on the Kyoto Protocol. According to Mr. Gore, the Bali conference is not so much about climate change politics, or about business, but rather, it is moral problem.
»The most vulnerable victims
No commentsHuman activity has created greenhouse gases that have forced temperature increases. In the Assessment Report 4 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for the year 2007, human activity is stated to be a big contributor to the changing climate that is impacting people worldwide with rising water levels, aridity, and food insecurity. The most vulnerable victims are from the poorer states because their life depends on sectors that are affected deeply by changes in climate, for example, agricultural and fishery. They are economically disabled and cannot fight climate change.
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