Climate Change 2012 Education Exhibition Held at the JCC

Climate Change Education Exhibition (Indonesia Climate Change Education Forum & Expo) 2012 held in Jakarta from Thursday until 22 April at the Jakarta Convention Centre (JCC).

This activity was officially opened by the Chief Executive of the National Council on Climate Change, Rachmat Witoelar, who is also a Presidential Special Envoy for Climate Change Control, Assembly Hall Thursday at JCC.

Through a press release of the National Council on Climate Change (DNPI), exhibition and forum of climate change targeting 50,000 visitors this year and attended by over 175 participants representing government ministries and agencies, state enterprises, private companies, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, donor agencies, government provinces, districts and cities, climate change and community print and electronic media.

"The exhibition and educational forums such as this should be supported and given the widest possible space for the dissemination of information and the impact of climate change solutions," said Rachmat Witoelar. Exhibition on the theme "Response to Climate Change" was intended to provoke a response from various circles to take part in finding solutions to climate change.

"Not only the key decision-makers who have a responsibility to the impacts of climate change but business and industry that has played a part in the economic sector should be able to walk in harmony in order to achieve a solution," said Agus Purnomo, head of the Secretariat of DNPI which is also the President of the Special Staff of the Climate Change Sector .

The high enthusiasm of the exhibitors to present the educational message of climate change visible through the dense series of supporting activities such as seminars, interactive dialogues, book, demo and green lifestyle.

"Around 5000 students will attend this exhibition. By invite the involvement of The Climate Project Reality Indonesia as in years past, the greater our hope that the aspirations of the community of children and youth who actively voiced concern over climate change will be channeled, one of them through the Children and Youth Forum on Climate Change.

The exhibition also invites the public to attend a movie screening of climate change. "Said Amanda Katili Niode as the Coordinator of the Division of Communication, Information, and Education on Climate Change. Amanda adds, lack of information on climate change can be understood by the general public is a challenge that must be addressed by all parties .

The results obtained from the 2nd Indonesia Climate Change Education Forum & Expo will be an important input to the multidisciplinary study of climate change solutions are implemented by the stakeholders.