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View all search resultsThe HKI has urged the government to stay the course in Indonesia's energy transition, after certain members of the Prabowo administration made public statements questioning the relevance of the Paris Agreement following Trump's decision to withdraw US participation.
The government has begun questioning the need for Indonesia’s commitment to the 2015 Paris Climate Accords amid sluggish global progress and United States disruption, raising concerns ahead of a crucial moment when the country must choose to double down on its contributions or empower its dirty energy interests.
The Republican leader also declared a "national energy emergency" to expand drilling in the world's top oil and gas producer, said he would scrap vehicle emissions standards that amount to an "electric vehicle mandate," and vowed to halt offshore wind farms, a frequent target of his scorn.
The focus of this year's UN Climate Change Conference is financing; specifically, setting an annual amount and devising an integrated sourcing scheme to ensure that the burden of addressing climate vulnerabilities does not fall on countries in the Global South, which contribute just one-tenth of global emissions.
As the world's nations gear up for this year's climate conference next month in the Azerbaijani capital, the COP29 president-designate sees that Indonesia has a prominent place at the table to present not just its voice, but also the voices of the most vulnerable countries, particularly those of the Global South, and strengthen its role in global climate action.
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