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Ignoring progress leads to misjudgment
Indonesia is not only on track to fulfil its Paris Agreement obligations, but also ready to be more ambitious in its climate goals.
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Visitors enjoy the fresh air and beautiful scenery at Watu Payung in Girisuko, Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta. The tourist destination is also part of a climate change mitigation program run by conservation group Javlec Indonesia Foundation, with support from the USAID's Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF). (JP/Bambang Muryanto)
Letter to the editor
The Jakarta Post editorial titled "Broken promises", published on Sept. 14, fails to acknowledge the performance and ambitiousness of Indonesia’s climate plan.
First, the decision to terminate the Letter of Intent (LoI) with Norway on the REDD+ [reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries] was well considered and in accordance with the provisions of the LoI.
Second, Indonesia is not only on track to fulfill its obligations under the Paris Agreement, but also ready to be more ambitious, as we have pledged and as a committed party to the Paris Agreement. Progress in the past 20 years, among others, has been a significant drop to a record low in the deforestation rate as well as forest fires, even compared to Europe and the huge recurrence [of wildfires] in the United States, Australia and our peers.
Third, Indonesia’s forests are very much on track to become net carbon sinks before 2030. If we take into account the whole Forest and Land Use (FOLU) sector, then they will be net carbon sinks by 2030.
Fourth, Indonesia has submitted its updated Nationally Determined Contribution, and stands ready to be more ambitious in its contributions to attain the global objectives collectively in accordance with international agreements, particularly the Paris Agreement.
Fifth, Indonesia supports international cooperation and partnerships, and for the record, the Global Climate Fund has been transferred to the UNDP as the results-based payment (RBP) for Indonesia’s emissions reduction for the year 2014-2016 amounting to US$103 million, for emissions reduction in East Kalimantan amounting to $110 million through the Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement and the World Bank, as well as for the readiness phase of the biocarbon fund in Jambi that amounts to around $60 million.
Sade Bimantara and Punjul Nugraha
Director and deputy director for European Affairs
Indonesian Foreign Ministry
Jakarta
