THE annual climate conference Indonesia Net-Zero Summit (INZS) returns this year with the theme ‘SOS Hell Leaks: Climate Avengers Assemble!’ The conference organized by the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI) will be held on Saturday, August 24, 2024, at the XXI Djakarta Theatre Ballroom, Central Jakarta.
INZS is a meeting place for ministers, officials, diplomats, activists, celebrities, youth, civil society, and various other groups to discuss climate issues, especially in Indonesia. This initiative is intended to gather and strengthen Indonesia’s commitment to saving the future of the nation from the climate crisis.
The theme ‘SOS Hell Leaks: Climate Avengers Assemble!’ for this year’s INZS was chosen to call for an emergency in the earth’s condition as temperatures continue to exceed the critical point of 1.5 degrees Celsius. The theme also emphasizes the importance of real action and mutual cooperation from the ‘Climate Avengers’ to prevent disaster and destruction.
Founder and Chairman of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia Dino Patti Djalal said that the goals of INZS include maintaining public awareness of climate change issues, as well as maintaining its political momentum. “We see that in various countries the goals can be good, reducing emissions, but the politics are not connected. This happened in the United States. They signed the Paris Agreement well, but as soon as Trump entered, the US left it and launched various policies that were contrary to sustainable development” said Dino in a press conference in the Cikini area, Central Jakarta, Thursday (22/8).
For that, he wants the Prabowo-Gibran government to include the climate change agenda as a priority in their policies. Dino also said that in line with the Net-Zero Summit process, his party has held focus group discussion (FGD) which brought together climate activists and the Prabowo-Gibran team.
“We have met three times to discuss various aspects of the government’s future climate change policy. There was renewable energy, Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), and nature-based solutions (NBS),” he explained.
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FPCI hopes the target net-zero can be accelerated to 2050 or 10 years earlier than the previous target in 2050. Because the world is predicted to boil in 2050. While in 2030 it is expected that net-zero will reach 50%. The commitment, said Dino, should also be enacted as much as possible to show the government’s seriousness.
Director of Climate Unit FPCI Esther Tamara expressed the great hope of this year’s Indonesia Net Zero Summit is to ensure the commitment to reduce emissions by 2030. “Indonesia and all countries in the world are required to submit a second NDC, our climate commitment that we will be accountable to the UN. Deadline“It will be February next year,” said Esther.
“What we will commit to there is roadmap so that we can reduce emissions in the next 6 years in 2030,” he added.
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Therefore, he said, it is very important to ensure that the Prabowo-Gibran team really listens to the aspirations of civil society organizations regarding climate.
“The year 2030 is very significant in climate science because our carbon quota will be exhausted by 2030. This means that if we exceed the limit of emissions, global warming will exceed the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius. What will happen if that temperature is exceeded is the destruction of humanity. With a 2 degree Celsius increase, 99% of the world’s coral reefs will be damaged,” he explained.
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Leading Speaker
At INZS 2024, discussion sessions will be filled by a line-up of prominent speakers, including Mari Elka Pangestu, Alue Dohong, Pahala Nugraha Mansury, Budisatrio Djiwandono, Ridwan Kamil, Arcandra Tahar, Dino Patti Djalal, Mikha Tambayong, Abigail Limuria, Nadine Chandrawinata, Fabby Tumiwa.
Then there are Tiza Mafira, Gita Syahrani, Agus Sari, Anindya N Bakrie, Ridha Wirakusumah, Shinta W Kamdani, Rachmat Kaimuddin, Nani Hendiarti, Eniya Listiani Dewi, Innandya Kusumawardhani, Nadia Hadad, Laetania Belai Djandam.
In conjunction with the INZS 2024 activities, FPCI together with communities and civil society organizations working in the field of climate change and the environment presented awards Climate Hero Award to the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia Sri Mulyani Indrawati.
The award is given annually to individuals who have made significant contributions to championing Indonesia’s climate agenda. Last year, Climate Hero Award awarded to Emil Salim.
FPCI and the climate community appreciate Sri Mulyani’s leadership in pushing the issue of decarbonization and green economic growth in Indonesia. She is the first government figure to raise the threat of climate change as a bigger challenge than the covid-19 pandemic. Sri Mulyani is also considered to have played a major role in shaping policies that have strengthened Indonesia’s financial governance in the transition to net-zero. (S-1)
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