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Strong policies urged to achieve climate ambitions
Environmental researchers and activists push the government to issue regulations that would support the achievement of 8 percent economic growth, as promised by President Prabowo Subianto, while not sacrificing pledges to protect the environment and mitigate the climate crisis.
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Forest loss: A tractor operates at a cleared forest for a government project in Gunung Mas regency, Central Kalimantan, on March 5, 2021. Protecting trees is key to meeting ambitious climate goals, with tropical rainforest loss accounting for about 8 percent of annual carbon dioxide emissions, according to monitoring platform Global Forest Watch. (AFP/Galih)
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fter the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, Indonesia now has a long list of homework which must be completed in order to realize a strong climate commitment as ambitiously outlined by its delegations in Baku through national policies that support both economic and environmental targets.
Some of the highlights from Indonesia during COP29 was the climate pledge outlined by delegation leader Hashim Djojohadikusumo in his addresses in Baku, which included an additional 75 gigawatts (GW) from renewable energy sources in the next 75 years, the push for carbon capture and storage and reforestation of 12.7 million hectares of degraded land.
Such commitments, reiterated by his brother President Prabowo Subianto at the G20 meeting in Brazil, were made amid the backdrop of the President’s pledge to push for 8 percent economic growth in Indonesia over the next several years.
Calling the renewable and economic growth “ambitious, but with a clear 15-year timeline”, researchers at World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia urged the government to ensure the growth could be achieved in a manner which shows responsibility toward the environment.
“If we’re going business as usual to achieve the 8 percent growth target with, for example, large-scale industrialization or extractive industry, there’s a potential for larger environmental destruction,” said WRI Indonesia program director Arief Wijaya in a briefing on Tuesday.
“We have to monitor these good and ambitious commitments to make sure they are in line with the commitment to protect the environment.”
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