Indonesia's 80 million people living below or just above the poverty line are facing a rapid spread of killer disease, major water shortages and severe malnutrition from global warming.
A new UN report warns that Indonesia will be among the hardest hit by climate disaster, even as it emits more global warming greenhouse gases thanevery nation but the USand China, under current assessments.
The report, The Other Half of Climate Change, was launched yesterday by Indonesia's Environment Minister, Rachmat Witoelar. It was produced in conjunction with the UN Development Program's annual human development report, which this year focused on climate change ahead of a two-week conference on the issue beginning in Bali next week.
Both studies urge a global focus on poverty, with the Indonesia-specific survey warning that unless climate change is addressed, recent increases in flooding in Jakarta are likely to continue - displacing hundreds of thousands of the city's poorest people.
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