SBY set to discuss greenhouse emissions, REDD+

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to head the National Council for Climate Change (DNPI) coordination meeting at the Presidential Palace on Friday.

"This is a routine meeting that is held twice a year. The agenda for the meeting is a report on the activities of the chairman and to receive instructions from the President," special presidential staff for the environment Agus Purnomo said.

Agus added that the chairman of the REDD+ task force, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, would discuss mechanisms to reduce greenhouse emissions, as well as the REDD+ mechanism to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

"The meeting this time is quite special because it will [discuss] the national act on reducing greenhouse emissions and REDD+," he said as reported by tempointeraktif.com.