Indonesia is set to make a “breakthrough” in global climate change deals as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono kicks off on Tuesday evening his three-day visit to Oslo for climate and forestry meetings.
Presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said Monday in Jakarta the President would specifically seeking to put the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) Plus scheme into real actions by sealing a deal with Norway.
REDD Plus is a scheme in which forestry countries managing to preserve their forests will be given incentives for doing so, and is part of the Copenhagen Accord agreed by countries attending the COP15 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December last year.
“But, although REDD Plus has been included in the Copenhagen Accord, in reality it hasn’t been put into any actions; there’s no implementation of it yet,” Dino addressed a press conference at the Presidential Office.
“President Yudhoyono will meet with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and they’re planned to sign a letter of intent on partnership in forestry sector.
“The partnership will signify the first international support for the implementation of REDD Plus,” he added.
Dino further said that Indonesia and Norway were hoping to be a pioneer, create a model of partnership for the implementation of REDD Plus that could be followed by other countries.
“We want to be a game changer; pushing forward climate change deal process, which has always met deadlocks, to slowly but surely progressing.”
Yudhoyono’s meeting with Stoltenberg is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, as soon as the Indonesian President landed in Oslo.
The President is also scheduled to attend the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference, which will be attended by representatives of some 50 countries.
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