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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - In an official meeting between Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya, representing President Joko Widodo, and President for COP26 Alok Sharma during his working visit to Indonesia, among other matters discussed were the country’s efforts to achieve its 2030 forestry carbon neutral target.
With respect to international methodologies, Minister Nurbaya said that Indonesia is carrying out ongoing efforts based on technical alignments and evidence.
“Our alignment-based approach, along with its methodologies, remains in a corridor that is constitutionally and operationally accepted. The COP26 president understood this matter that I brought up,” Minister Nurbaya told FORESTHINTS.NEWS following her meeting with the COP26 president at the ministry complex (May 31).
The COP26 president, meanwhile, tweeted “Encouraging meeting with Minister Siti discussing the role forests and land can play in decarbonising Indonesia. Very pleased to hear her aim to make forests and land carbon neutral by 2030.”
Government-led alignments
As to possible alignments between the new international and government-based methodologies, Minister Nurbaya said that her ministry remained focused on seeing how and to what extent points of alignment could be achieved, both technically and legally.
“The lead party in the alignment process is the government as we have to be responsible and accountable to the constitution as well as our own laws and regulations.”
“The Indonesian government-based methodologies are largely also aligned with international standards, so ongoing alignment efforts are only being undertaken with regard to new international methodologies considered relevant to forestry and land use,” she added.
Minister Nurbaya stressed that the Indonesian government is very open to the new international methodologies, but that possible alignments would only take place at a partial level instead of with whole parts of the existing Indonesian government methodologies.
“In some cases, the measures in the new international methodologies, when tested technically, turn out to have weaknesses as well. This is one of the reasons why alignment efforts between the government-based and new international methodologies are required,” she said.
She emphasized that the alignment process represents an effort to determine how and in what parts the new international methodologies can be technically and legally adopted to bolster the government-based methodologies.
“Basically, the alignment efforts are not intended to replace major parts of the government-based methodologies,” Minister Nurbaya asserted.
The photos below were taken during the official meeting between the COP26 president and Minister Nurbaya in which the minister reiterated that Indonesia is confident about meeting its target of achieving forestry carbon-neutrality by 2030.
Government target, not mere pledges
Minister Nurbaya also confirmed during the meeting that by 2030, Indonesia’s forestry sector will have reached carbon neutrality, including the storage of 140 million tons of carbon.
This estimate, she explained, refers to calculations of emissions in line with the government-based methodologies and UNFCCC standards.
“We have a strong and accountable basis and measures, so we are confident that Indonesia’s forestry sector will get to carbon neutrality by 2030,” she affirmed.
Meanwhile, in relation to the net zero emissions target, Minister Nurbaya elaborated to the COP26 president on the country’s energy transition efforts, detailing the transition roadmap in line with the directive of President Widodo. These efforts include a gradual reduction in coal-sourced energy, bearing in mind that this requires new investments and technologies.
“We have not set arbitrary targets because a target is not a pledge. Pledges are often just talk and many go unfulfilled. We are talking about a government target, which has to be reached within a certain time period,” she underlined.
The photos below show existing palm oil concessions. Indonesia’s forestry and palm oil concessions continue to serve as hosts to multiple flagship species, such as the Sumatran orangutan, elephant and tiger as well as the Bornean orangutan.
Considerable power
As part of efforts for Indonesia to achieve forestry carbon-neutrality by 2030, the minister said that new international methodologies that have undergone an alignment process with the government-based methodologies will play a substantial role.
“Achieving forestry carbon-neutrality by 2030 will be carried out comprehensively, including major steps involving social forestry, agrarian reforms and business performances,” she said.
“In addition to the methodologies, law enforcement actions will also form an integral part in Indonesia reaching its forestry carbon neutrality target by 2030.”
Minister Nurbaya reemphasized that Indonesia possesses considerable power in its role tackling the climate crisis. This is especially true for the forestry sector with over 90 million hectares of tropical forest cover, around 3.7 times the size of the UK, encompassing peat and mangrove forests.
As previously reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS, as much as 92.8% of this tropical forest cover lies in state forest areas which are under the authority of the country’s Environment and Forestry Minister.
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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - In an official meeting between Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya, representing President Joko Widodo, and President for COP26 Alok Sharma during his working visit to Indonesia, among other matters discussed were the country’s efforts to achieve its 2030 forestry carbon neutral target.
With respect to international methodologies, Minister Nurbaya said that Indonesia is carrying out ongoing efforts based on technical alignments and evidence.
“Our alignment-based approach, along with its methodologies, remains in a corridor that is constitutionally and operationally accepted. The COP26 president understood this matter that I brought up,” Minister Nurbaya told FORESTHINTS.NEWS following her meeting with the COP26 president at the ministry complex (May 31).
The COP26 president, meanwhile, tweeted “Encouraging meeting with Minister Siti discussing the role forests and land can play in decarbonising Indonesia. Very pleased to hear her aim to make forests and land carbon neutral by 2030.”
Government-led alignments
As to possible alignments between the new international and government-based methodologies, Minister Nurbaya said that her ministry remained focused on seeing how and to what extent points of alignment could be achieved, both technically and legally.
“The lead party in the alignment process is the government as we have to be responsible and accountable to the constitution as well as our own laws and regulations.”
“The Indonesian government-based methodologies are largely also aligned with international standards, so ongoing alignment efforts are only being undertaken with regard to new international methodologies considered relevant to forestry and land use,” she added.
Minister Nurbaya stressed that the Indonesian government is very open to the new international methodologies, but that possible alignments would only take place at a partial level instead of with whole parts of the existing Indonesian government methodologies.
“In some cases, the measures in the new international methodologies, when tested technically, turn out to have weaknesses as well. This is one of the reasons why alignment efforts between the government-based and new international methodologies are required,” she said.
She emphasized that the alignment process represents an effort to determine how and in what parts the new international methodologies can be technically and legally adopted to bolster the government-based methodologies.
“Basically, the alignment efforts are not intended to replace major parts of the government-based methodologies,” Minister Nurbaya asserted.
The photos below were taken during the official meeting between the COP26 president and Minister Nurbaya in which the minister reiterated that Indonesia is confident about meeting its target of achieving forestry carbon-neutrality by 2030.
Government target, not mere pledges
Minister Nurbaya also confirmed during the meeting that by 2030, Indonesia’s forestry sector will have reached carbon neutrality, including the storage of 140 million tons of carbon.
This estimate, she explained, refers to calculations of emissions in line with the government-based methodologies and UNFCCC standards.
“We have a strong and accountable basis and measures, so we are confident that Indonesia’s forestry sector will get to carbon neutrality by 2030,” she affirmed.
Meanwhile, in relation to the net zero emissions target, Minister Nurbaya elaborated to the COP26 president on the country’s energy transition efforts, detailing the transition roadmap in line with the directive of President Widodo. These efforts include a gradual reduction in coal-sourced energy, bearing in mind that this requires new investments and technologies.
“We have not set arbitrary targets because a target is not a pledge. Pledges are often just talk and many go unfulfilled. We are talking about a government target, which has to be reached within a certain time period,” she underlined.
The photos below show existing palm oil concessions. Indonesia’s forestry and palm oil concessions continue to serve as hosts to multiple flagship species, such as the Sumatran orangutan, elephant and tiger as well as the Bornean orangutan.
Considerable power
As part of efforts for Indonesia to achieve forestry carbon-neutrality by 2030, the minister said that new international methodologies that have undergone an alignment process with the government-based methodologies will play a substantial role.
“Achieving forestry carbon-neutrality by 2030 will be carried out comprehensively, including major steps involving social forestry, agrarian reforms and business performances,” she said.
“In addition to the methodologies, law enforcement actions will also form an integral part in Indonesia reaching its forestry carbon neutrality target by 2030.”
Minister Nurbaya reemphasized that Indonesia possesses considerable power in its role tackling the climate crisis. This is especially true for the forestry sector with over 90 million hectares of tropical forest cover, around 3.7 times the size of the UK, encompassing peat and mangrove forests.
As previously reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS, as much as 92.8% of this tropical forest cover lies in state forest areas which are under the authority of the country’s Environment and Forestry Minister.
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