Jokowi Reminds About 'Climate Fire' That Potentially Disrupts Indonesia's Inflation Rate: Don't Play With Hot Waves!

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) delivered a world warning about climate 'chaotic' that could potentially disrupt the pace of national inflation, and asked local governments to be vigilant.

The commemoration was conveyed by President Jokowi to all regional heads who were present at the agenda of the National Coordination Meeting (Rakornas) for Inflation Control at the Jakarta State Palace Building, Friday, June 14.

"I think all of you have heard the warning from the Secretary General of the United Nations, that the world is heading for climate hell. Temperatures will reach a record high of the next 5 years. Be careful," he said, quoted by Antara.

President Jokowi said that in the last 1 year the Indonesian people had felt the heat wave. In fact, India touched 50 degrees Celsius, and in Myanmar 45.8 degrees Celsius.

In addition, said Jokowi, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) also stated that omission to the threat of a hot climate could trigger starvation by 2050.

"It is estimated that 50 million farmers will lack water, there will be no water, and will enter into food shortages. Don't mess around with drought, don't mess around with heat waves," he said.

According to the Head of State, this situation could have implications for the rate of national inflation which is now at a good figure in the range of 2.84 percent. This figure has the potential to increase, due to production and lack of food stocks.

"This means that prices will definitely go up, automatically that, market law is like that, and that is a matter of human life. As soon as production, because it is hot, we don't take care of water, production goes down, stocks run low," he said.

According to the Head of State, the series of situations needs to be anticipated from an early age. For this reason, in the next three months the President ordered the installation of 20 thousand pumps connected to the agricultural land sector, especially rice.

"Pumps from the river are raising up to irrigate rice fields. Be it big rivers, medium rivers, or small. Everyone uses water, don't let the water continue to enter the sea," said the President.