"If an issue at a multilateral forum is not continuously pushed by the proponent country, it will sink by itself," Maria Kusumanegari delivered the remarks at the Coordination Meeting on the Development of Ocean-Climate Issues Post-COP29 UNFCCC 2024.
Thus, in the future, Indonesia needs to continue to mainstream marine issues as a supporter of global climate action, she said at the meeting, which was followed from here on Tuesday.
She suggested that making a joint statement with other countries could be an option for Indonesia to voice marine issues at international forums, as done during COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
"At COP29, to help mainstream this issue, Indonesia proposed that Friends of Ocean and Climate countries include one or two sentences that they support this joint statement and they will jointly emphasize collective efforts to protect and maintain the ocean and its ecosystem," she said.
That way, joint statements could become an instrument that Indonesia can use to continue to raise important issues, including marine issues, at international forums in the future.
Indonesia, along with member countries of the Friends of Ocean and Climate, issued a joint statement highlighting the threat of the climate crisis to the ocean and its ecosystems.
The joint statement emphasized the importance of ocean-based mitigation and adaptation actions, ocean and climate change dialogue as a strategic step for ecosystem protection, as well as the importance of funding for ocean-based climate action.
The participating countries also acknowledged the role of indigenous peoples, local communities, women, and the younger generation as key elements in the planning and implementation of ocean-based climate action.
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Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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