Jakarta - Executive Director of Indonesian Climate Change Council (DNPI) Rachmat Witoelar said on Friday that the victory of Barack Obama would bring renewed hope for climate change action, particularly with regards to funding. "The Obama victory is a light in the fight to get climate change funding from advanced countries into developing countries because Obama supports the funding mechanism," Witoelar said here on Friday. Advanced nations have committed to provide US$100 billion for the fight against climate change until 2020. But so far, these countries are yet to confirm the implementation of this proposal. They have been debating about the funding issue, but have not reached an agreement about it. "We hope there will be an agreement in the Climate Change Conference in Doha at the end of this year," he stated. The United States itself was affected by climate change impact through the devastation caused by super-storm Sandy. Secretary of the Indonesian Climate Change Council's Working Group Dr Suzanty Sitorus had earlier said that developed nations must demonstrate their commitment to the initial agreement made on climate change funding. These countries have so far provided short-term funding worth US$39 billion for the period of 2010 to 2012. She hoped that next year these countries would provide long-term funding and allocate the necessary resources needed for climate change action. (*)


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