President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called for stronger global commitments to tackle climate change this week, but environmentalists complain that Indonesia’s emissions-reduction target has not budged and that national policies are still being pursued at the expense of the environment. In a prerecorded statement aired at the 2021 Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) hosted by the Netherlands on Tuesday, Jokowi said that the impacts of climate change were “very real” for archipelagic nations like Indonesia. From fisherfolk and farmers whose livelihoods are affected by climate change, to coastal residents and small island dwellers who faced rising sea levels on their own doorstep, Indonesians have had to adapt to climate change, he said. In order to respond adequately, the President said that all nations must take “extraordinary steps” to combat cli...