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Released the first week of every new quarter, the BCCC Quarterly is a magazine-style newsletter that records the most important trends and developments regarding blue carbon and climate change policies and regulations in China, the U.S., and other regions, as well as international regimes such as the United Nations. It also includes two special sections — the ‘Theme of the Quarter’ and the ‘Blue Carbon Country Profile’ — that aim to bring a fresh element to each issue.
Despite how slowly the climate change and blue carbon field evolves, both in the private and public sectors, there will inevitably be an identifiable trend of interest across a three month period. Thus, every quarter the ICAS Team will identify and summarize a major trend or long-term topic of interest relevant to the most recent quarter.
In addition to collections of relevant news summaries, government actions and statements, and scientific research activities, the theme includes an analytical commentary from our researchers on how this theme relates to other present-day developments, policy interests, climate change and environment concerns, and implications for the blue carbon field.
Over the second quarter of 2022, global electric vehicle industry has fully entering a high-speed development stage, with more countries paying attention to reducing carbon emissions than ever before. The international community has gradually formed a consensus that electric vehicles, as a representative of the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy to reduce emissions, will gradually replace traditional vehicles. Governments and private investors are increasingly optimistic about the electric vehicle industry and continue to increase investment and implement new supporting policies. Nevertheless, the supply chain of the electric vehicle industry is still very new with some parts yet to be fully developed. Meanwhile, competition in this market is suddenly fierce, with China as the current market leader. As it continues to popularize and mature, the electric vehicle market and all involved will need to identify holes in the system and act accordingly to resolve negative consequences.
This BCCC Quarterly’s Theme of the Quarter, Electric Vehicle Popularization, aims to capture the recent developments in electric vehicle industry by understanding the global financial support for electric vehicles, analyzing significant changes in the international EV battery supply chain, and exploring international competitions over the largest global EV market. The Theme of the Quarter section also aims to capture the recent trends by including government statements and actions as well as third-party analyses. The section concludes with a commentary discussing the problem of scrapped lithium batteries in electric vehicles to plan ahead for the future.
Given how ‘blue carbon’ is a relatively new subject to both scientists and policymakers, the ICAS Team wants to provide a collective view on how individual nations are recognizing, analyzing, and applying blue carbon at all levels of the government, through cross-border and international engagements, and in private sector and non-profit activities.
This profile is also intended to identify places that are in need of particular attention. It will conclude with issues that interested parties should pay attention to in the coming months and years, including areas that need improvement, potentials worth exploring as well as possibilities of bilateral and multilateral cooperation in both policymaking and scientific exploration.
Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic country made up of over 7,000 islands and islets, is home to approximately 17% of the world’s blue carbon stocks, making it a crucial member in the realm of blue carbon. Different from other countries’ emphasis on blue carbon development, as an archipelagic country, blue carbon could very well determine Indonesia’s future; a fact that Indonesia appears to already understand. Although these ecosystems face significant threats of degradation due to climate change and human activities in recent years, efforts from different levels of the countries are now working together to protect, restore, and develop Indonesia’s blue carbon ecosystems.
This quarter’s BCCC Blue Carbon Country Profile aims to help readers better understand Indonesia’s government actions, private efforts, and international cooperation on the research, protection, and development of its blue carbon ecosystems. While demonstrating and acknowledging the progress and accomplishments that Indonesia has made on blue carbon, the country profile also offers insights into the future steps that Indonesia could take to further improve its blue carbon measurement techniques and community engagement in order to takes its blue carbon initiatives to a higher level.
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