Bisnis.comJAKARTA – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) explained a number of efforts that can be made to overcome the increase in Earth’s temperature, which is expected to continue to rise over the next five years.
He conveyed it to the leaders of the G20 countries during the first session of the Summit. (Summit) G20 India held at Bharat Mandapam, IECC, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India on Saturday (9/9/2023).
“Our earth is sick. Last July, the global temperature reached its highest level and it is expected to continue to rise over the next five years. This will be difficult to bear, unless the world does something about it. massively and radically,” he said. was quoted as saying on the Presidential Secretariat Youtube, Saturday (9/9/2023).
Seeing this, the Head of State said that accelerating the low carbon economic transition was one of the efforts that could be made. The President believes that at present, the implementation of emission reductions is still very limited.
Unfortunately, Jokowi considers that financial commitments from developed countries are still limited to rhetoric and paper, whether it is climate finance of $100 billion a year, or loss and damage financing mechanisms.
Furthermore, Jokowi disclosed that currently developing countries need help in green technologies and investments to accelerate the reduction of emissions globally.
“We are developing countries, we really want to accelerate emission reductions, but we need support for technology transfer and green investments,” he said.
Apart from this, the President of Surakarta also said that funding to accelerate emission reductions is also considered important. Cooperation between the government and the private sector should be continued as it is seen as a major driver of change in reducing emissions.
“Last year in Bali, Indonesia launched the G20 Global Blended Finance Alliance in Bali, the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) program is to be extended and expanded,” he added. .
Therefore, the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia said that global standards are needed, especially in terms of bundling economic and commercial activities to prevent greenwashing practices.
“Global standards are needed, such as a taxonomy to prevent greenwashing practices and the reform of the Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) must reflect the representation of its member countries,” Jokowi concluded.
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