This article was written in 2008 as input to an Environment and Climate Change Policy Brief produced for Sida with the University of Gothenburg.
Current Climate and hazards
The main climatic hazards in Indonesia are floods, droughts, landslides and forest fires, of which flooding is associated with La Niña events and drought and forest fire with El Niño events. Indonesia is also at high risk of tropical cyclones from the eastern Indian Ocean (January-April) and the eastern Pacific ocean…