JAKARTA – The governments of Indonesia and Norway have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the environmental sector, especially climate change mitigation, natural conservation, and sustainable development.
This agreement was marked by the signing of a letter of intent (LoI) by the Minister of Environment/Head of the Environmental Control Agency (BPLH) Hanif Faisol Nurofiq with the Minister of Climate and Environment Norway, Andreas Bcelland Eriksen, during a working visit to Oslo.
“It is important for us to increase the implementation of carbon economic value as part of Indonesia’s efforts to achieve the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) target, in accordance with the mandate of Presidential Regulation No. 98 of 2021,” said Hanif in an official statement received in Jakarta, Antara, Sunday, May 4.
Hanif added that this collaboration reflects strategic steps in accelerating global action against the climate crisis, as well as strengthening sustainable development at the national and global levels.
The LoI includes a number of important commitments, ranging from improving environmental governance, conservation of biodiversity, conservation of peat and mangrove ecosystems, waste management, to strengthening the circular economy.
Norway is also referred to as a strategic partner in Indonesia’s struggle to face a climate crisis, including in the development of a sustainable carbon trading system.
The signing of LoI coincides with the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Norway since 1950. The focus of cooperation between the two countries in recent years has indeed increasingly led to environmental issues.
Since 2022, Norway has supported Indonesia’s carbon emissions reduction program from the forestry and land use (FOLU) sector with a funding commitment of US$216 million or around Rp3.5 trillion.
During his visit, Minister Hanif also met Andreas Motzfeld Kravik, State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and visited the TOMRA recycling management company to study circular economic-based waste management technology.
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