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Indonesia to review its 26/41 percent emission cuts

Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Following global agreement to reach new reducing carbon emission pledges, Indonesia was finally reviewing its own commitment, said an activist in Jakarta, on Wednesday (4/2).

In 2009, Indonesia has announced to reduce its emission for 26 percent and 41 percent with international help by 2020 which was received by mixed opinions. It was lauded as bold move by other countries as developing countries were not obliged to set any goals. However, it was criticized by Indonesian green groups as bad move because of unclear scientific calculations to come up with such numbers.

“Government needs to review the effectiveness of 26/41 [emission] reduction [targets], because it’s obvious that we have new president, we have new mid-term development plan, to see whether these targets are in line with development plan,” said Fabby Tumiwa, executive director of Institute for Essential Service Reform (IESR), also a member of Climate Action Network (CAN).

Tumiwa added that National Development Planning Board or Bappenas was in charge of reviewing the emission cut targets.
The review, he said, was also required as Indonesia need to submit its new pledges to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC), which was called as Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC).

INDC was introduced at the 2011 Durban Climate Conference of which one of its mandates was to produce a legally binding agreement that will entry into force in 2020. However, it should be agreed at the UN Climate Conference, in Paris or known simply as Paris 2015.

Major emitter developed countries, including USA, China, and European Union (EU), have announced their Post-2020 emissions pledges under INDC before Paris 2015.

The US pledged to cut its emission by 26 – 28 percent from 2005 levels by 2025. While, its counterpart, China pledged to increase the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to around 20 percent by 2030. As for Europe, they have committed to cut greenhouse gas emission by 40 percent by 2030.

However, Tumiwa underlined that the country’s mid-term development plan (RPJMN), which was also designed by Bappenas, did not mention the transition from high carbon to low carbon development growth.

“Though it’s only for five years [development], but it will determine the commitment and also put foundation for post 2020 action. If we are not ambitious for the next five years, it will be harder for Indonesia to contribute fairly [on reducing emissions],” said Tumiwa. “I think we can have ambitious INDC. The issue here is implementation that’s why it’s not clear in RPJMN on how to implement this target.”

Bappenas officials are not available for immediate comment. Fidelis E. Satriastanti

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