Indonesia to raise marine management issue at G20 meetings
Indonesia will raise three priority issues at the 2022 G20 Environment Deputies Ministerial-Climate and Sustainable Working Group (EDM-CSWG) meetings, including marine management, to achieve climate change mitigation targets.
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia will raise three priorityissues at the 2022 G20 Environment Deputies Ministerial-Climate and SustainableWorking Group (EDM-CSWG) meetings, including marine management, to achieveclimate change mitigation targets.
In addition to encouraging the inclusion of environmentaland climate change aspects in the global recovery agenda, Indonesia has raisedthe importance of marine issues to be discussed at the G20 forum, the country's Environmentand Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar said.
At the ‘Kick-Off G20 on EDM-CSWG: Leading for Sustainability’event, which was held online on March 1, she stated that the marine issue willbe raised factoring in the great potential of blue carbon, especially in themangrove ecosystem, for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
As the chair of the 2022 G20 Presidency, Indonesia willpromote three main issues at the G20 EDM-CSWG, including supporting a strongersustainable recovery, the official added.
The other issues will be promoting effective land and marineecosystem management as well as encouraging the mobilisation of resources tosupport environmental conservation attempts and achieve climate changemitigation targets, she said.
The agenda of encouraging the mobilisation of resources,such as technology and finance, is important to push developed countries tofulfill their commitments in providing 100 billion USD in assistance to helpdeveloping nations tackle climate change impacts, the minister added.
Considering that the issues raised by G20 EDM-CSWG are alsorelated to other 2022 G20 agendas, a number of joint meetings will be conductedwith other working groups, such as energy transition, sustainable finance,business, and youth, she said.
Through the 2022 G20 Presidency, Indonesia wants to show thatit has an important global role, especially regarding the issues of environmentand climate sustainability, Bakar added.
She then said that three 2022 G20 EDM-CSWG meetings havebeen scheduled and they will end with a ministerial-level meeting at the end ofAugust 2022./.
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