At the summit, Indonesia will be represented by Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani, and Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan.
The conference was initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron to strengthen the will and commitment towards the Paris Agreement on climate change.
The Indonesian government`s attendance at the One Planet Summit will be an affirmation and encourages the completion of the negotiation process, procedure, and operational framework of the Paris Agreement.
Moreover, the Indonesian government will highlight its achievement and progress in tackling climate change in Indonesia.
Several topics to be discussed during this summit are improving funding for climate change control, green economy-based monetary funding for sustainable business, speeding the effort to control local and regional climate change, and improving policy for ecological and inclusive transition.
With regard to funding, the One Planet Summit is expected to continue the Paris Agreement`s commitment, to create the funding to fight climate change, to expand effective monetary devices, and to introduce various projects on low carbon economy.
The Paris Agreement is a deal under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change regarding the mitigation of greenhouse gases, adaptation, and funding that is expected to be implemented in 2020.
The deal was negotiated by 195 countries in the United Nations` 21st Climate Change Conference in Paris in 2015 and signed on Earth Day on Apr 22 in New York.
Until March 2017, a total of 194 countries had already signed the Paris Agreement, of which 141 had already ratified the deal. Indonesia had signed the agreement on Apr 22.
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