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Raising awareness: British scientist and climate change campaigner Daniel Price (third from right) cycles with Coordinating Economic Minister Sofyan Djalil (third from left) and Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya (center) to promote public awareness on the need for climate change mitigation in Jakarta on Sunday
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Raising awareness: British scientist and climate change campaigner Daniel Price (third from right) cycles with Coordinating Economic Minister Sofyan Djalil (third from left) and Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya (center) to promote public awareness on the need for climate change mitigation in Jakarta on Sunday. (Courtesy of the United Nations Development Program) (third from right) cycles with Coordinating Economic Minister Sofyan Djalil (third from left) and Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya (center) to promote public awareness on the need for climate change mitigation in Jakarta on Sunday. (Courtesy of the United Nations Development Program)
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span class="caption">Raising awareness: British scientist and climate change campaigner Daniel Price (third from right) cycles with Coordinating Economic Minister Sofyan Djalil (third from left) and Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya (center) to promote public awareness on the need for climate change mitigation in Jakarta on Sunday. (Courtesy of the United Nations Development Program)
British scientist and climate change campaigner Daniel Price cycled with Coordinating Economic Minister Sofyan Djalil and Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya, along with more than 500 other cyclists, to mark World Environment Day in Jakarta on Sunday.
Price, a 27-year-old scientist who is leading the Pole to Paris campaign, highlighted the importance of the UN Climate Change Conference after he received a plaque of appreciation from Siti at the end of the biking event.
'We now have six months to put in place a plan to save ourselves from ourselves. This December in Paris, the UN will attempt to negotiate a climate deal. This is the most important meeting in human history,' he said Sunday.
The Pole to Paris campaign is taking Price from the Antarctic to Paris, where the UN Climate Change Conference will take place later this year.
'I have spent the last few weeks traveling through this wonderful country, within its communities. When things got tough on the road, a smile and cheer were never far away,' said Price.
'I have seen Indonesia at its best, now let the world see it, by leading us to a sustainable future for all,' he went on.
Price's 17,000-km cycling journey highlights the importance of Indonesia in the upcoming global climate change talks. It also sends a message that all parties, including Indonesia, must work together for a sustainable future for all.
Price arrived in Indonesia last week. Together with cyclists from the Bike to Work Indonesia community, he visited a model village on climate change adaptation administered by the Environment and Forestry Ministry and a UNDP-supported hybrid wind farm at Pandansimo Beach in Yogyakarta.
UNDP Indonesia country director Beate Trankmann said Indonesia, being the ninth largest economy in the world in purchasing power parity terms, had a golden opportunity to play a leadership role at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris.
'We are in a race against time to save our planet, we are seeing credible projections that we may exceed the 2 degrees threshold in increase in global temperature by 2050, which would have devastating consequences to humanity and the environment,' she said. (ebf)
