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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - On the day of her departure for the COP27 climate change conference in Sharm El-Sheikh (Nov 4), Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Professor Siti Nurbaya said that the implementation of the country's Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) Net Sink 2030 Operational Plan continues on the ground.
At COP26 in Glasgow, President Joko Widodo delivered a speech demonstrating the power of Indonesia's FOLU Net Sink 2030 – a legally-binding climate target he signed days before the conference.
In March this year, just months after COP26, Minister Nurbaya launched the FOLU Net Sink 2030 Operational Plan.
“Indonesia has signed MoUs with the US, Norway and the UK to formalize our bilateral climate partnerships with these countries in support of our FOLU Net Sink 2030 Operational Plan. This forms part of our collective climate efforts,” Minister Nurbaya explained at the ministry building (Nov 4).
Over the past three years of the COVID-19 global pandemic, including this year, Indonesia has successfully tackled forest and land fires.
This success has been achieved at a time when other countries on various continents have been enduring catastrophic wildfires, as recently reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Oct 31).
Promises & pledges don't help
Minister Nurbaya also stressed that with all the talk about climate actions after COP26, Indonesia continues to be consistent with its recently-submitted enhanced NDC and FOLU Net Sink 2030 climate goals.
According to the Minister, Indonesia continues to deal with the uncertainties surrounding the delivery roadmap of USD 100 billion in pledged climate finance by prioritizing financial resources from its own state budget and other relevant sources.
“We cannot allow our climate actions to be hampered by the uncertainties of the USD 100 billion delivery plan. Climate actions cannot depend on pledges or promises. We are always dealing with climate actions every day on the ground level. Pledges or promises don't help at all," Minister Nurbaya asserted.
"We are prioritizing our MoUs with the US, Norway and the UK as collective climate actions to support our FOLU Net Sink 2030. The collaborations can be based on financial or non-financial contributions from the three countries," she added.
Furthermore, the Minister emphasized that the MoUs with the three countries also represent a clear effort to strengthen the bilateral climate partnerships with the countries concerned, particularly in supporting Indonesia to achieve its FOLU Net Sink 2030 climate goals.
Minister Nurbaya also underlined that the three MoUs were not motivated by a desire to obtain some of the climate finance pledged through the USD 100 billion delivery roadmap, but instead by Indonesia's wish to build stronger bilateral climate partnerships with the three countries.
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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - On the day of her departure for the COP27 climate change conference in Sharm El-Sheikh (Nov 4), Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Professor Siti Nurbaya said that the implementation of the country's Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) Net Sink 2030 Operational Plan continues on the ground.
At COP26 in Glasgow, President Joko Widodo delivered a speech demonstrating the power of Indonesia's FOLU Net Sink 2030 – a legally-binding climate target he signed days before the conference.
In March this year, just months after COP26, Minister Nurbaya launched the FOLU Net Sink 2030 Operational Plan.
“Indonesia has signed MoUs with the US, Norway and the UK to formalize our bilateral climate partnerships with these countries in support of our FOLU Net Sink 2030 Operational Plan. This forms part of our collective climate efforts,” Minister Nurbaya explained at the ministry building (Nov 4).
Over the past three years of the COVID-19 global pandemic, including this year, Indonesia has successfully tackled forest and land fires.
This success has been achieved at a time when other countries on various continents have been enduring catastrophic wildfires, as recently reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Oct 31).
Promises & pledges don't help
Minister Nurbaya also stressed that with all the talk about climate actions after COP26, Indonesia continues to be consistent with its recently-submitted enhanced NDC and FOLU Net Sink 2030 climate goals.
According to the Minister, Indonesia continues to deal with the uncertainties surrounding the delivery roadmap of USD 100 billion in pledged climate finance by prioritizing financial resources from its own state budget and other relevant sources.
“We cannot allow our climate actions to be hampered by the uncertainties of the USD 100 billion delivery plan. Climate actions cannot depend on pledges or promises. We are always dealing with climate actions every day on the ground level. Pledges or promises don't help at all," Minister Nurbaya asserted.
"We are prioritizing our MoUs with the US, Norway and the UK as collective climate actions to support our FOLU Net Sink 2030. The collaborations can be based on financial or non-financial contributions from the three countries," she added.
Furthermore, the Minister emphasized that the MoUs with the three countries also represent a clear effort to strengthen the bilateral climate partnerships with the countries concerned, particularly in supporting Indonesia to achieve its FOLU Net Sink 2030 climate goals.
Minister Nurbaya also underlined that the three MoUs were not motivated by a desire to obtain some of the climate finance pledged through the USD 100 billion delivery roadmap, but instead by Indonesia's wish to build stronger bilateral climate partnerships with the three countries.
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