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Paris climate conference will bring concrete results: Envoy
Rachmat Witoelar (tempo
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The President's special envoy on climate change, Rachmat Witoelar, has expressed his optimism that the 21st Conference of Parties (COP) in Paris in December will deliver concrete results as several countries have shown clearer commitments to reducing their carbon emissions.
'I'm certain that COP 21 will result in real progress. Several countries that previously refused to make a compromise on their carbon emission targets have been softening,' he said at a press conference in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Rachmat further explained that during the Paris meeting Indonesia would convey its planned pathway toward the de-carbonization of its economy, hopefully benefiting the country and helping the world achieve its COP targets.
'Indonesia has a double role during negotiations at the Paris meeting,' he said.
The Environment and Forestry Ministry's director general for climate change, Nur Masripatin, shared similar optimism, saying that several countries had changed their principal attitudes on carbon emission reductions and agreed to make a compromise with their carbon targets.
The Indonesian government submitted its climate plan, namely the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, on Sept. 24.
Indonesia is one of countries to have submitted its INDC documents as part of its contribution to global climate goals. Based on its most recent emissions assessment, Indonesia has an unconditional target to reduce emissions by 29 percent compared to the business-as-usual scenario by 2030.
Climate Change Mitigation Board chairman Sarwono Kusumaatmaja said that in its INDC document, Indonesia explained its strategies for building climate resilience by ensuring energy, food and water availability.
"[The document] is comprehensive and communicative," he said.
Sarwono reminded people that after the Paris meeting Indonesia would have a lot of homework to do, such as creating climate-sensitive policies and harmonizing both national and regional regulations with global climate goals. (ebf)
