ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) officially opened the 2024 Indonesia International Sustainability Forum (IISF), at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Jakarta, Thursday, September 5 2024.
In his remarks, President Jokowi emphasized the importance of a collaborative approach and a humanitarian approach in dealing with world climate change.
“The problem of climate change will never be resolved as long as the world uses an economic approach, as long as the world only calculates its own profits, and as long as the world only cares about its own egocentricity,” he said.
He added that efforts to resolve climate change require a collaborative approach, a humane approach, a collaborative approach between developed and developing countries, as well as a humanitarian approach so that the process does not sacrifice the interests of small people.
“A green economy is not only about protecting the environment, not only that, but also about how to create prosperity for the people, sustainable prosperity for the people,” he stressed.
President Jokowi also asked the world not to doubt Indonesia’s commitment to achieving net zero emissions and contributing to a greener world. He explained that Indonesia has abundant green energy potential.
“Indonesia has abundant green energy potential, reaching more than 3,600 gigawatts. “We also have a solar power plant, a floating solar power plant at Cirata Reservoir with a peak capacity of 192 megawatts, the largest in Southeast Asia and the third largest in the world,” explained President Jokowi.
Apart from that, Indonesia also has great potential for carbon absorption with the largest mangrove forest in the world, covering an area of 3.3 million hectares which is able to absorb carbon 8-12 times better than tropical rainforests.
Apart from that, Indonesia also has a green industrial area of 13 thousand hectares which is also one of the largest green industrial areas in the world.
“But none of this will have a significant impact on accelerating the handling of the impacts of climate change as long as developed countries do not dare to invest, as long as research and technology are not widely opened, and as long as funding is not provided in schemes that provide relief to developing countries,” he said.
In the forum attended by world representatives, President Jokowi emphasized that Indonesia is open to partnering with anyone in maximizing the potential for a greener world, to provide equitable access to green energy, and to encourage inclusive and sustainable economic growth.
“I hope that this IISF forum can become a meeting place for knowledge, a meeting place for experience, a meeting place for resources that can become joint capital in collaborating to face existing climate challenges. “Because collaboration is not an option, humanity is not an option, but rather a necessity and obligation,” he concluded.
This year’s ISF was attended by a number of high-ranking state officials. The main speakers at this forum included Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Singapore’s Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean, Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof, China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin Zuanglong, and the Minister of the Environment Democratic Republic of the Congo Eve Bazaiba.
ISF 2024 was also attended by the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Maritime Affairs Peter Thomson, and the Special Advisor for Climate Action from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kevin Magron.
Also present in this forum were the General Chair of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Arsjad Rasjid, CEO of Bezos Earth Fund Andrew Steers, and Vice President of The Rockefeller Foundation Deepali Khanna. (AT Network)
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