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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - Less than two months after COP26, Indonesia has begun to substantially accelerate its climate actions. Earlier this month (Jan 6), President Joko Widodo revoked the permits of palm oil, logging, pulpwood, and mining concessions spanning huge areas, as elaborated on in detail by the country’s Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya and reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Jan 7).
Now, Minister Nurbaya has written (Jan 19) to governors across Indonesia as part of a follow up on the implementation of a landmark presidential regulation - signed in the days ahead of COP26 - that prioritizes achieving the country’s NDC target, as reported on in-depth by FORESTHINTS.NEWS in late October last year.
In her letter to the governors, among other things, the minister delivered an update that two implementing ministerial regulations of the landmark presidential regulation - regarding the implementation of the NDC and economic value of carbon arrangements respectively - are currently being intensively worked on.
"The drafts of the two implementing ministerial regulations have obtained scientific and legally-based inputs from relevant experts. Further efforts involve conducting a series of public consultations which will be done virtually for the most part in anticipation of the government's prediction about the peak of the COVID-19 Omicron variant," she said (Jan 20).
Minister Nurbaya emphasized that “Indonesia must keep its foot on the gas to ensure its legally-based climate commitments remain on track within legal corridors despite the ongoing pandemic.”
The minister further asserted that the essence of her letter to the governors was to make sure that the landmark presidential regulation serves as the basis and the direction of efforts to achieve the NDC target and for the utilization of the economic value of carbon in each province, as part of a solid synergy between local-national governments in fulfilling Indonesia's legally binding climate commitments.
“The purpose of my letter to the governors was to ensure that our climate initiatives and actions do not fall outside the landmark presidential regulation and that we work together to prioritize achieving our NDC target,” she explained.
Backbone system
In her letter, Minister Nurbaya also reminded the governors that the Sistem Registri Nasional (SRN)/National Registry System is integral for data management in achieving the NDC target as well as for arrangements for utilizing the economic value of carbon transparently, inclusively, fairly and with integrity.
“The SRN is our backbone and part of the legal corridor that needs to be complied with for the purpose of maintaining solidity and synergies, so that we can ensure a management system that provides web-based information and data concerning our climate actions and resources to mitigate climate change,” she said.
“The inventorying of all our mitigation and adaptation climate actions, as well as their registration on the SRN, is to ensure legalities and secured climate finance in the long run, and is also part of reaching our NDC target,” the minister added.
Clear climate priorities
Minister Nurbaya stressed that to talk about Indonesia's climate resilience target by 2050, including its target for Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) net carbon sink by 2030 (net zero deforestation), is to talk about the level of climate actions being carried out now and in the years to come.
"We don't have time to talk about this and that. All of Indonesia's legal climate commitments have been clearly laid out in the landmark presidential regulation which details the country's key climate priorities," she underlined.
The minister also pointed out that all of Indonesia’s legally-binding climate commitments will be core to the government‘s position during the Indonesian G20 Presidency, bilaterally, multilaterally and in a business-to-business sense.
“Nothing will deviate from the corridor of the landmark presidential regulation that has set our climate targets,” Minister Nurbaya said in conclusion.
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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - Less than two months after COP26, Indonesia has begun to substantially accelerate its climate actions. Earlier this month (Jan 6), President Joko Widodo revoked the permits of palm oil, logging, pulpwood, and mining concessions spanning huge areas, as elaborated on in detail by the country’s Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya and reported by FORESTHINTS.NEWS (Jan 7).
Now, Minister Nurbaya has written (Jan 19) to governors across Indonesia as part of a follow up on the implementation of a landmark presidential regulation - signed in the days ahead of COP26 - that prioritizes achieving the country’s NDC target, as reported on in-depth by FORESTHINTS.NEWS in late October last year.
In her letter to the governors, among other things, the minister delivered an update that two implementing ministerial regulations of the landmark presidential regulation - regarding the implementation of the NDC and economic value of carbon arrangements respectively - are currently being intensively worked on.
"The drafts of the two implementing ministerial regulations have obtained scientific and legally-based inputs from relevant experts. Further efforts involve conducting a series of public consultations which will be done virtually for the most part in anticipation of the government's prediction about the peak of the COVID-19 Omicron variant," she said (Jan 20).
Minister Nurbaya emphasized that “Indonesia must keep its foot on the gas to ensure its legally-based climate commitments remain on track within legal corridors despite the ongoing pandemic.”
The minister further asserted that the essence of her letter to the governors was to make sure that the landmark presidential regulation serves as the basis and the direction of efforts to achieve the NDC target and for the utilization of the economic value of carbon in each province, as part of a solid synergy between local-national governments in fulfilling Indonesia's legally binding climate commitments.
“The purpose of my letter to the governors was to ensure that our climate initiatives and actions do not fall outside the landmark presidential regulation and that we work together to prioritize achieving our NDC target,” she explained.
Backbone system
In her letter, Minister Nurbaya also reminded the governors that the Sistem Registri Nasional (SRN)/National Registry System is integral for data management in achieving the NDC target as well as for arrangements for utilizing the economic value of carbon transparently, inclusively, fairly and with integrity.
“The SRN is our backbone and part of the legal corridor that needs to be complied with for the purpose of maintaining solidity and synergies, so that we can ensure a management system that provides web-based information and data concerning our climate actions and resources to mitigate climate change,” she said.
“The inventorying of all our mitigation and adaptation climate actions, as well as their registration on the SRN, is to ensure legalities and secured climate finance in the long run, and is also part of reaching our NDC target,” the minister added.
Clear climate priorities
Minister Nurbaya stressed that to talk about Indonesia's climate resilience target by 2050, including its target for Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) net carbon sink by 2030 (net zero deforestation), is to talk about the level of climate actions being carried out now and in the years to come.
"We don't have time to talk about this and that. All of Indonesia's legal climate commitments have been clearly laid out in the landmark presidential regulation which details the country's key climate priorities," she underlined.
The minister also pointed out that all of Indonesia’s legally-binding climate commitments will be core to the government‘s position during the Indonesian G20 Presidency, bilaterally, multilaterally and in a business-to-business sense.
“Nothing will deviate from the corridor of the landmark presidential regulation that has set our climate targets,” Minister Nurbaya said in conclusion.
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