The US Agency for International Development, Bureau for Asia, Indonesia Field Office has a requirement for the USAID/Indonesia Urban Climate Change Adaptation Activity.

Indonesia is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The dry season is becoming longer and drier in many provinces, while the rainy season has more rainfall in an increasingly short period, thus heightening the risk of flooding and landslides. The country’s Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has referred to Indonesia as a “supermarket of disasters”, given the frequency and type of disasters faced throughout the year.

For the last ten years, BNPB reported that more than 95 percent of disaster events in Indonesia have been weather-related, such as floods, landslides, tropical cyclones, and forest fires. These disaster risks have social, economic, and environmental impacts, which include water shortages, crop failures, reduced fish capture, and diminished livelihoods.

A 2019 assessment conducted by the National Planning Agency (Bappenas) reported that the economic loss due to climate change was estimated at $7 trillion (Rp102.3 trillion) in 2020, which is estimated to increase to approximately $8 trillion by 2024, a 12 percent increase in five years.

Since a growing majority of the population lives in cities near the country’s 80,000 km coastline, the increased prevalence of climate-related disasters makes urban life increasingly precarious for many Indonesians. In fact, climate change and the accompanying increase in sea level are expected to put at risk, nearly 60 percent of the country’s population residing in low-lying coastal cities such as Jakarta and Surabaya.

Based on projections from the United Nations Population Fund, two-thirds of Indonesians – over 200 million people – will live in cities by 2035. Thus, in order for Indonesia to successfully adapt to climate change, a concerted effort must be applied toward improving resilience in its growing cities.

• The activity aims to improve the resilience of urban populations through climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness.
• This project will be designed to support USAID/Indonesia’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy4 (CDCS) and the GOI’s goals for reducing the risk of natural disasters and adapting to climate change
• This project will aim to improve climate and disaster resilience in Indonesia by supporting the GOI at local, district, provincial, and national levels; working directly with communities and the private sector; and helping key stakeholders to mobilize financing and develop, disseminate, and utilize better climate change information
• The following are key tenets of the program’s strategic approach:
  • Strengthen climate-responsive urban planning and management and municipal governance
  • Appropriate linkages between disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation
  • Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion