The Integration of Traditional Knowledge and Local Wisdom in Mitigating and Adapting Climate Change: Different Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples from Java and Bali Island

Climate change has adversely affected the greenhouse warming, severely impacting different parts of the world. Indonesia is not an exception and is in a very vulnerable condition as it witnesses unprecedented rainfall and drought. The consequential rise in sea level, rainfall patterns, and higher average temperature have become the order of the day. Indonesia’s local population have developed with their rich traditional knowledge systems and local wisdom, various mitigating strategies to address vulnerabilities induced by anthropogenic climate change crisis. This model may be adopted for developing a stronger resilience to manage climate change across the globe. The strength of this knowledge can best be utilized when included in designing modern climate change management and mitigating policies. This paper elaborates on the role indigenous climate change mitigating policies can play in general and more specifically in Java and Bali. It also promotes the integration of indigenous and traditional knowledge in formal climate change mitigation and adaptation models. This synthesis of knowledge and wisdom will most certainly add value to the efforts of achieving the broader objectives of UN-SDG.