G20 members have lauded the Indonesian G20 Presidency over its sea-based action initiative to support environmental protection and climate change handling, the Environment and Forestry Ministry’s Climate Change Handling Director General, Laksmi Dhewanthi, has said.
“This initiative will continue to be promoted by Indonesia,” she added during the “Climate Corner” virtual discussion on Wednesday.
G20 is an international forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union that work together to handle major issues. Indonesia is holding the presidency of the grouping this year.
Indonesia is also planning to hold a workshop on sea-based action during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-27) in Egypt in November 2022.
During the virtual discussion, which focused on the results of the Environment Deputies Meeting and Climate Sustainability Working Group (EDM-CSWG) and the Joint Environment and Climate Ministers’ Meeting (JECMM), Dhewanthi explained that the meetings raised three issues.
The issues comprised supporting sustainable recovery, bolstering land and sea-based actions to support environmental protection and climate change handling, as well as improving resource mobilization.
The JECMM is a new initial step for Indonesia and G20 countries to show the world that they are continuing to conduct or lead concrete actions as part of the environment and climate change handling agenda, she explained.
During the event, climate change mitigation director at the ministry, Emma Rachmawati, said that the G20 members committed to bolstering climate change adaptation during the meeting.
“Every country feels that they are very vulnerable to the impact of climate change outside of developed countries that have higher adaptation level,” she added.
To this end, several commitments within the Glasgow Climate Pact, which was the result of COP-26 last year, have been strengthened once more.
Source: Antara News