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Jokowi’s call for global climate action rings hollow, environmentalists say
Indonesia, along with hundreds of other countries, has missed the deadline to submit improved carbon emission-reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement.
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Environmentalists participating in the Asia Climate Rally march to the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry in Central Jakarta in late 2020, urging the government and businesses not to fund fossil fuel exploitation to help stop climate change. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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resident 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 climate change, including by fulfilling their respective nationally determined contributions (NDCs) for emissions reduction.
“Indonesia has also updated its NDCs to increase our [climate] resilience and adaptation capacity,” he said.
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NDCs underpin efforts under the Paris Agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and hold global warming to well below 2° Celsius for this century.
