PALMOILMAGAZINE, JAKARTA – Minister of Environment and Forestry in Indonesia, Siti Nurbaya, emphasized the country’s unwavering dedication to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the past nine years, starting from 2015. Indonesia consistently submits mandatory documents to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including the Third National Communication, 2nd and 3rd Biennial Update Reports, First Nationally Determined Contribution (1st NDC), Updated NDC, and the Long-Term Strategy for Low Carbon and Climate Resilience 2050.
Minister Siti Nurbaya also revealed that following negotiations in Glasgow in 2021, numerous nations were called upon to strengthen their NDC 2030 targets by the end of 2022.
“On September 23, 2022, Indonesia submitted its Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution or ENDC to the UNFCCC Secretariat, enhancing GHG emission reduction from 29% to 31.89% through national efforts and from 41% to 43.20% with international support by the year 2030.” Minister Siti said, as in the official statement to Palmoilmagazine.com on Tuesday, August 8, 2023.
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Indonesia, thought delivered GHG emission reduction that escalated through ENDC but by scientific exclamation and other consideration, has also arranged Second National Determined Contribution (SNDC) that would be equal with Long Term Strategy Low Carbon and Climate Resilience 2050 with the climate vision of Indonesia to realize net-zero emission in 2060 or sooner. It is hoped Indonesia could deliver the submission of SNDC to UNFCCC in 2024.
“I have to emphasized that ENDC that we are developing in our orientation heading to the decreasing temperature – 1,5 °C, with detailed exercise, we would get Number – 43,2 %, CM 2 condition in 2030. The numbers could be the same with USA target which is, 43%. Data GHG emission reduction in Indonesia in IGRK record decreased 47,28% in 2020 and 43,82% in 2021. The 2022 forecast could be better with the fire in the forest and area – indication that dealt better in 2022,” she said.
Ministry of Environment and Forestry noted that the successful 2020 GHG emission reduction was clearly deriving from forestry and other land uses (FOLU) that reached to be 182 million tons of CO2 equivalent emission, that was more than 900 million tons of CO2 equivalent emission in 2019. The government keeps working on it in energy sector after our business inn FOLU that we always keep managing. Energy sectors are doing the best to get GHG emission reduction with the strategies to realize net zero emission, such as, by electrification, moratorium with powerplants, developing new and renewable energy sources, and implementing energy efficiency. (T2)
