Special presidential envoy for the UN Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties (COP) 29, Hashim S. Djojohadikusumo, has reaffirmed Indonesia’s stance on the Paris Agreement on climate change control, according to reporting from Antara News.
Several programs have been prepared to strengthen climate change mitigation actions, including developing new and renewable energy (NRE), utilizing carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, and rehabilitating 12.7 million hectares of forest to support food security.
“President Prabowo Subianto is committed to continuing the agreements made by the previous government,” he said while opening the Indonesia Pavilion at the COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday (11/11/24,) according to a statement received by Antara News.
He said that Prabowo’s administration has also prepared new programs, such as the development of 100 gigaton (GT) of energy, including 75 GT of NRE through wind power, hydropower, geothermal, solar, and nuclear power plants.
He then touched upon carbon storage in the Earth’s interior through CCS technology, where Indonesia has CCS potential of up to 500 GT.
Antara News reports that regarding the carbon economic value, Djojohadikusumo said that Indonesia has carbon credit reserves of 577 million tons to offer to various countries and interested parties to support financing for controlling climate change in Indonesia, adding that Prabowo has agreed to carry out large-scale rehabilitation of degraded forests by still considering the biodiversity, he added.
On the same occasion, Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni invited all parties, including business actors, to maintain sustainable forests as a source of welfare for the community.
The Indonesian Pavilion at COP29 has three main objectives, one of which is to showcase Indonesia’s climate action to the world as part of soft diplomacy, Environment Minister Hanif Fasiol Nurofiq said.
The pavilion also aims to showcase the climate change control program carried out by Indonesia with the involvement of governments, NGOs, the private sector, and the community, says Antara News.
The pavilion can serve as a platform to explore new ideas and build partnerships to strengthen climate resilience in Indonesia.
Themed “Sustainably Stronger Together,” the pavilion will be open from November 11 to 21, 2024, on the sidelines of the COP29 event in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Source: Antara News
