Jakarta, Aug. 8 -- Deputy Minister of Environment, Diaz Hendropriyono, has said that Indonesia will need Rp4 thousand trillion to fund climate change actions until 2030.

"We are always pushing for it because we need Rp4 thousand trillion for climate funding until 2030," Hendropriyono said at the signing of the RBP REDD+ Fund Distribution Agreement for the Result Period 2014-2016 GCF Output 2 in Jakarta on Thursday.

However, he pointed out that there is a large gap between the funding needed for climate change actions and the available funding.

"There is a large gap between the funds needed for climate change actions and the funds available," he said.

He added that to finance climate actions, his office cannot rely solely on allocation...