“In Indonesia, natural disasters have a significant impact on poverty rates. One in ten Indonesians is vulnerable to falling into poverty due to disasters,” the ministry's Director of Village Funds, Incentives, Special Autonomy, and Privileges at the Directorate General of Village Government Jaka Sucipta said.
Currently, the government has allocated Rp8 million–12 million in funds to each village to support climate change response efforts, he noted in a statement released here Tuesday.
“This budget is utilized for various activities, such as river normalization, irrigation and drainage construction, alternative and renewable energy development, as well as waste and wastewater management,” he informed.
However, he acknowledged that there are still many challenges to specifically directing village funds for climate change mitigation.
The challenges include the absence of risk assessments of climate change impact down to the village level, lack of data on village alignment with climate mitigation and adaptation actions, need for codification from the Ministry of Home Affairs to facilitate village fund allocation, and incomplete data on village administrative boundaries.
Therefore, Sucipta said that the Ministry of Finance is currently monitoring the mapping of village funds received by local authorities.
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