…Indonesia and the IEA are developing a comprehensive net-zero emission road map that will help guide Indonesia's energy transition over the next few years and decadesJakarta (ANTARA) - The government of Indonesia and the International Energy Agency (IEA) will continue their joint work program until 2023 as part of efforts to accelerate the achievement of net-zero emission targets in various energy sectors.
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif signed an agreement on the joint work program with IEA director Fatih Birol at the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Germany, on March 29, 2022.
"IEA's support will strengthen our collaboration in energy data and statistics, energy security, emergency response and policy, improvement of the power sector, bioenergy, energy efficiency, energy and clean technology, evaluation framework for energy policy, and global energy leadership," Tasrif said in a statement issued here on Tuesday.
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Through continued cooperation with IEA as the main strategic partner, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is committed to continuing to build cooperation for maximizing the achievement of net-zero emissions, the minister added.
The collaboration is a form of the ongoing commitment to achieving the Indonesian government's commonality with the world to accelerate the achievement of the energy transition and net-zero emission targets.
Over the past few years, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has been working closely with the IEA as a strategic partner.
"This joint work program for 2022–2023 has gone through a long and thoughtful process. Indonesia and the IEA are developing a comprehensive net-zero emission road map that will help guide Indonesia's energy transition over the next few years and decades," Minister Tasrif said.
Indonesia will raise the issue of reducing carbon emissions during its G20 Presidency, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati informed earlier.
"We will use the G20 Presidency to collaborate and work together because, like the pandemic, climate change cannot be overcome by any country even the largest country," the minister remarked.
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Indonesia recognizes that it is vital for the world to prevent the Earth from warming and efforts to do that will require credible programs to cut carbon emissions, she said.
"Indonesia already has a contribution of national determination, but this cannot be achieved alone. We need support from the global community, both in the form of financing and technology as well as knowledge," she added.
According to the minister, Indonesia has introduced the carbon tax, carbon market, and forest reserves at the global forum in order to achieve net-zero targets.
The problem of carbon emissions will become so challenging by the middle of this century that a step-by-step design will be necessary to lower emissions, she highlighted.
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