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This image shows the COP30 logo on Oct. 13 at the pre-COP30 preparatory meeting, which brings together ministers responsible for climate negotiations, in Brasília. Brazil is banking on next month's much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon to show the world that unity in the face of climate crisis is still possible. (AFP/Evaristo Sa)
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ndonesia’s latest climate pledge has drawn criticism for not showing strong commitment to cutting emissions and transitioning away from fossil fuels amid calls for the government to do more on the issue ahead of the United Nations climate summit in Brazil next month.
After failing to submit its new climate pledge document, known as a nationally determined contribution (NDC), to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by the September deadline, Indonesia finalized the document and presented it for the first time to several environmental groups in a public consultation last Thursday.
However, the new pledge, named the second NDC, has so far received tepid reactions from NGOs participating in Thursday’s meeting.
The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) described it as a failure to “represent ecological justice, with emission reduction targets contradicting the planned efforts.”
According to Walhi, the new document still focuses on developing fossil fuels, which is worsened by the government’s ambitious large-scale food and energy estate projects. These projects are feared to override indigenous rights, particularly in the eastern parts of the archipelago, where these projects are ongoing.
“The climate goal outlined in the second NDC is still vague and faces large-scale emissions generated from national projects and policies focusing on extractive industries to drive economic growth,” Walhi executive director Boy Jerry Even Sembiring said in a statement on Friday.
The new NDC, outlining the national climate policy between 2031 and 2035, is scheduled to be presented at the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in the Brazilian town of Belém, which is slated to run from Nov. 10 until 21.
