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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - Indonesia's Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) NET SINK 2030 climate target, in addition to a projected contribution of nearly 60% to the total target for reducing GHG emissions in the updated NDC, could also enable palm oil and pulp & paper industries to reach carbon net sink by 2030, according to Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Professor Siti Nurbaya.
“The palm oil and pulp & paper industries will not be able to reach a level of carbon net sink by 2030 with their own resources, without their being in line with Indonesia's FOLU NET SINK 2030 climate target,” Minister Nurbaya explained.
The minister made these remarks at the ministry building (Jul 14) after chairing a technical presentation on the country's FOLU NET SINK 2030 operational plan, to which former USAID Indonesia Mission Director Professor Terry Myers was invited.
Minister Nurbaya pointed out that the inability of companies whose supply chains are linked to the country's palm oil and pulp & paper industries to achieve carbon net sink by 2030 by themselves applies to Indonesian and multinational corporations alike.
“Only Indonesia's FOLU NET SINK 2030 climate target can help multinational corporations to achieve carbon net sink by 2030 collectively. These corporations simply do not have sufficient resources to achieve carbon net sink by 2030. This is clear and indisputable,” the minister stressed.
"In fact, none of the sustainability and climate policies of multinational corporations will be able to bring them to the level of carbon net sink by 2030 in Indonesia’s FOLU sector," she added.
Don’t get things backwards
Minister Nurbaya also cautioned multinational corporations with supply chains linked to Indonesia's FOLU sector not to act as if their sustainability and climate policies take precedence over Indonesia's FOLU NET SINK 2030 climate target.
“I would like to ask multinational corporations whose supply chains are linked to Indonesia's FOLU sector especially, not to exaggerate the role their sustainability and climate policies are playing in helping Indonesia. On the contrary, it is Indonesia's FOLU NET SINK 2030 climate target that will bring them up to the carbon net sink level by 2030,” the minister asserted.
“Please try not to get things backwards. In other words, don't behave in public as if multinational corporations are climate heroes when, in reality, it is Indonesia's FOLU NET SINK 2030 climate target that is accelerating the collective push by these corporations for carbon net sink in emissions from their supply chains linked to Indonesia's FOLU sector,” Professor Nurbaya elaborated.
She stressed that the supply chains of multinational corporations in Indonesia, given their links to deforestation, peat composition and peat fires, render them unable through a complete lack of resources to achieve carbon net sink by 2030.
“I really need to reemphasize that multinational corporations should not be acting in such a high-profile manner in respect of their sustainability and climate actions in Indonesia.”
“Both individually and collectively, these multinational corporations need to be fully aware of how weak their resources are when it comes to achieving carbon net sink in 2030 without Indonesia's FOLU NET SINK 2030,” Minister Nurbaya reiterated.
Several months after President Joko Widodo delivered a speech at COP26 regarding Indonesia's FOLU NET SINK 2030, which is one of the country's legally-binding climate targets, Minister Nurbaya launched its operational plan consisting of multi-track actions to ensure Indonesia's FOLU sector achieves carbon net sink by 2030, as previously reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Mar 12).
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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - Indonesia's Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) NET SINK 2030 climate target, in addition to a projected contribution of nearly 60% to the total target for reducing GHG emissions in the updated NDC, could also enable palm oil and pulp & paper industries to reach carbon net sink by 2030, according to Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Professor Siti Nurbaya.
“The palm oil and pulp & paper industries will not be able to reach a level of carbon net sink by 2030 with their own resources, without their being in line with Indonesia's FOLU NET SINK 2030 climate target,” Minister Nurbaya explained.
The minister made these remarks at the ministry building (Jul 14) after chairing a technical presentation on the country's FOLU NET SINK 2030 operational plan, to which former USAID Indonesia Mission Director Professor Terry Myers was invited.
Minister Nurbaya pointed out that the inability of companies whose supply chains are linked to the country's palm oil and pulp & paper industries to achieve carbon net sink by 2030 by themselves applies to Indonesian and multinational corporations alike.
“Only Indonesia's FOLU NET SINK 2030 climate target can help multinational corporations to achieve carbon net sink by 2030 collectively. These corporations simply do not have sufficient resources to achieve carbon net sink by 2030. This is clear and indisputable,” the minister stressed.
"In fact, none of the sustainability and climate policies of multinational corporations will be able to bring them to the level of carbon net sink by 2030 in Indonesia’s FOLU sector," she added.
Don’t get things backwards
Minister Nurbaya also cautioned multinational corporations with supply chains linked to Indonesia's FOLU sector not to act as if their sustainability and climate policies take precedence over Indonesia's FOLU NET SINK 2030 climate target.
“I would like to ask multinational corporations whose supply chains are linked to Indonesia's FOLU sector especially, not to exaggerate the role their sustainability and climate policies are playing in helping Indonesia. On the contrary, it is Indonesia's FOLU NET SINK 2030 climate target that will bring them up to the carbon net sink level by 2030,” the minister asserted.
“Please try not to get things backwards. In other words, don't behave in public as if multinational corporations are climate heroes when, in reality, it is Indonesia's FOLU NET SINK 2030 climate target that is accelerating the collective push by these corporations for carbon net sink in emissions from their supply chains linked to Indonesia's FOLU sector,” Professor Nurbaya elaborated.
She stressed that the supply chains of multinational corporations in Indonesia, given their links to deforestation, peat composition and peat fires, render them unable through a complete lack of resources to achieve carbon net sink by 2030.
“I really need to reemphasize that multinational corporations should not be acting in such a high-profile manner in respect of their sustainability and climate actions in Indonesia.”
“Both individually and collectively, these multinational corporations need to be fully aware of how weak their resources are when it comes to achieving carbon net sink in 2030 without Indonesia's FOLU NET SINK 2030,” Minister Nurbaya reiterated.
Several months after President Joko Widodo delivered a speech at COP26 regarding Indonesia's FOLU NET SINK 2030, which is one of the country's legally-binding climate targets, Minister Nurbaya launched its operational plan consisting of multi-track actions to ensure Indonesia's FOLU sector achieves carbon net sink by 2030, as previously reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Mar 12).
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