DIMENSI-DIMENSI SOSIAL DAN BUDAYA DALAM KERUSAKAN LINGKUNGAN, DAN PERUBAHAN IKLIM
ABSTRACT: This article aims to
discuss the extent to which social and cultural dimensions have been taken into
account in the whole process of negotiations and agreements regarding the
mitigation the impacts of and adaptation to climate change. Almost 18 years have
passed since the establishment of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) in 1995, and 18 annual Conference of Parties (COP) have been held since
then to set up agreements on the mitigation of climate change, but long and
heated debates had taken place as to how to implement the agreements. It has
been widely argued that social and cultural dimensions may have significant
contribution in constraining the implementation of the agreements on the
emission reduction of green house gasses (GSGs), especially when national
interests have become a matter of non-negotiable. On the other hand some
experts believe that social structures and cultural frameworks of individual
countries could become the bases for concerted efforts by local communities to
mitigate and adapt to climate change beyond the large scheme of the
international agreements. Meanwhile Indonesia can play a strategic role in
mitigating the impacts of global warming given the vast forest area at its
disposal and can reap the benefits from carbon trading when land disputes with
indigenous people and forest dependent communities could be settled.
Keywords: environmental
degradation, climate change, social dimension, cultural dimension, mitigation,
adaptation, indigenous people
Penulis: Rusdi Syahra
Kode Jurnal: jpantropologidd120084
