Jakarta, Aug. 21 -- Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Bima Arya Sugiarto emphasized the need for regional governments to take climate change seriously and actively pursue measures to address it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, surely we can feel the impact of this global warming phenomenon. As a former regional head, I can say that what haunts regional heads across Indonesia is the same: sudden floods, sudden droughts, sudden landslides, and similar events," Sugiarto said here on Thursday.

He highlighted how global warming has affected daily life, including increasingly frequent crop failures.

According to data he gathered, the processing industry is the largest contributor to Indonesia's carbon emissions. Other significant sectors include electr...