President Joko Widodo is using a meeting of leaders in Paris on climate change to seek funds to restore Indonesia’s forests, after fires turned the country into the world’s worst polluter in recent months.
But while the Paris talks could produce broad agreements for the leaders present, Widodo may come up short on funds unless he produces more detailed plans on how to reduce mass deforestation of peat forests, and on boosting clean energy, said Fabby Tumiwa, director at the Jakarta-based Institute for Essential Services Reform.
Like some other emerging market countries, Indonesia has tied progress on tackling climate change and environmental devastation to help from others. While the country has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 29% from a business-as-usual scenario by 2030, it says with international assistance it could achieve a 41% reduction.
Widodo, known as Jokowi, joins more than 140 world leaders including US President Barack Obama and Xi Jinping of China in Paris in an effort to reach the first truly global deal to curb the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. Most of Indonesia’s emissions come from destroying carbon-rich peat forests to be replaced by plantations, with recent fires burning an area four times the size of Bali island and sending a hazy smog across the region.
“The government has to be transparent and honest in giving an explanation,” said Tumiwa, adding the struggle to prevent the perennial fires could reflect badly on Jokowi in Paris. “The disaster will also open opportunities for other countries to assist, as long as Indonesia has action planning.’’
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But while the Paris talks could produce broad agreements for the leaders present, Widodo may come up short on funds unless he produces more detailed plans on how to reduce mass deforestation of peat forests, and on boosting clean energy, said Fabby Tumiwa, director at the Jakarta-based Institute for Essential Services Reform.
Like some other emerging market countries, Indonesia has tied progress on tackling climate change and environmental devastation to help from others. While the country has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 29% from a business-as-usual scenario by 2030, it says with international assistance it could achieve a 41% reduction.
Widodo, known as Jokowi, joins more than 140 world leaders including US President Barack Obama and Xi Jinping of China in Paris in an effort to reach the first truly global deal to curb the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. Most of Indonesia’s emissions come from destroying carbon-rich peat forests to be replaced by plantations, with recent fires burning an area four times the size of Bali island and sending a hazy smog across the region.
“The government has to be transparent and honest in giving an explanation,” said Tumiwa, adding the struggle to prevent the perennial fires could reflect badly on Jokowi in Paris. “The disaster will also open opportunities for other countries to assist, as long as Indonesia has action planning.’’
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