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UN member nations are scheduled to vote next week on the International Maritime Organization's Net-Zero Framework proposal to reduce global carbon dioxide gas emissions from the international shipping sector, which accounts for close to 3 percent of global greenhouse gases.
Economic resilience, public welfare and geopolitical stability are inherently linked to Indonesia's energy security as it forges its transition toward cleaner energy use through a variety of strategic steps.
The unprecedented fall in greenhouse gas emissions from lockdowns during the pandemic will do "nothing" to slow climate change without a lasting switch from fossil fuels, an international team of researchers said Friday.
The government is speeding up efforts to issue a regulation on carbon trading as part of Indonesia’s commitment to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. The government has spent the last year preparing the emission-trading system for the future domestic carbon market, the Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar said.
The ministry is planning to outline Indonesia's pledge to reduce emissions by 29 percent independently -- or 41 percent if with international assistance -- by 2030, the same target outlined in the first NDC submitted in 2016 as a part of the Paris Agreement goals of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
The technology for Indonesia to reach and exceed its climate action target is available. The financing can be sought. The crucial part is political will. President Jokowi should visibly demonstrate political will and aim robustly if not ruthlessly for zero carbon emissions as his climate policy legacy.
