Skye Turner-Walker, is a doctoral researcher being hosted by the Centre for Asia-Pacific Studies from the Australian National University (ANU) Fenner School of Environment and Society, and ANU Climate Institute.

Skye’s professional career over more than 15 years has been in environment, climate and development issues across Australia and the Asia-Pacific for the United Nations and development agencies,  research institutes,  NGOs and government. Skye’s work has covered roles such as Climate Change Advisor to National Environment Directorates , Climate Change Specialist on UN programmes, Climate change and Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist, Project Formulation,  Research Associate and Coordinator of Asia-Pacific-wide climate change adaptation knowledge and research platforms, as well as project management across government environmental projects and programmes.  Skye holds a Bachelor of Social Science and Environment, and Masters in International Urban and Environmental Management. read more

Linda Yanti Sulistiawati 
Visiting fellow, Asia-Pacific Center for Environmental Law, National University of Singapore;
director, Center for Asia-Pacific Studies and associate professor of law, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta.

Under its commitments to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Indonesia is required to submit its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which detail the country’s plan to reduce emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

In 2016, Indonesia outlined its first NDCs, which laid down very ambitious goals, with a voluntarily pledge to reduce emissions by 29 percent independently, or an emissions cut of up to 41 percent with international assistance. read more

Linda Yanti Sulistiawati is director of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies and an associate professor of law at Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Yogyakarta. 
David K.Linnan is an associate professor of law at the University of South Carolina, the United States

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s recent victory speech indicated that infrastructure will once again be emphasized in his second term. Its role is as a tool to boost the country’s development, logistics and investment, particularly outside Java. So, why are we not celebrating more success in creating this badly needed infrastructure? We cited below some of the main reasons. read more

Hari ini, 10 Juni 2019 bertepatan dengan hari pertama masuk kerja Universitas Gadjah Mada mengadalan acara acara hala bihalal Pimpinan Universitas beserta civitas akademika dan segenap karyawan. Acara ini dimulai pukul 08.00 WIB hingga selesai di Balaiurung Kantor Pusat UGM. Antusias keluarga besar staf dan karyawan tampak dari berjibun dan panjangnya antrian masuk ke Balairung Kantor Pusat UGM. (foto kredit: Puspito K.)

Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) appointed Mrs. Linda Yanti Sulistiawati , S.H., M.Sc., Ph.D. as the new Head of Center for Asia and Pacific Studies in UGM for the period from  May 2019 to May 2022, based on the Rector decree of Universitas Gadjah Mada No. 1075/UN1.P/KPT/HUKOR/2019 on April 29, 2019 concerning the Appointment of Head of Center for Asia and Pacific Studies. Linda replaces the former Head, Prof. Dr. Irham, M.Sc. who held the position from 2014.

Linda Yanti Sulistiawati is an associate professor at Law Faculty in Universitas Gadjah Mada. She focuses on international environmental issues, such as Climate Change, REDD+, land issues and customary/adat issues. She had represented the Republic of Indonesia in the UNFCCC’s (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Paris Agreement negotiations, in Paris 2015, as one of Indonesia’s negotiators, and one of the IPCC’s (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) AR6 Lead Authors from 2018-2023. read more

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During 2018, Center for Asia and Pacific Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada (CAPS UGM) carried out a research entitled “The development of community-based local economy in the disaster prone area by promoting village tourism activities at Banjararum village in Kalibawang subdistrict, Kulonprogo district.”    This research is promoting a strategy, that in efforts to develop local economy, the establishment of village tourism activities shall be integrated with disaster risks mitigation plan of the disaster prone villages. Through this research, a Masterplan of village tourism project which contains disaster risks mitigation efforts has been formulated. This research was funded by a grant provided by Directorate of Research and Community Service at the Directorate General of Research and Development, Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, Indonesia. read more

Terhitung mulai 28 Maret hingga 30 mei 2016, Bronagh Power, seorang mahasiswi studi internasional dari Universitas Wollongong, Australia  akan magang di Pusat Studi Asia Pasifik UGM (PSAP UGM). Bronagh adalah salah satu mahasiswi yang tergabung dalam Program Development Studies Immersion (DISP) dari The Australian Consortium for in-Country Indonesian Studies (ACICIS); sebuah konsorsium non-profit yang beranggotakan universitas-universitas di Australia, Belanda, dan Inggris. ACICIS ini berfungsi sebagai institusi pendidikan yang memfasilitasi program akademik serta magang untuk mahasiswa/i dari universitas anggotanya dengan organisasi-organisasi mitra yang ada di Indonesia. Dalam kesempatan audiensi di Pusat Studi Asia Pasifik, Bronagh didampingi oleh Anton Indrianto, Program Officer DISP. read more