“It is crucial that we all pay close attention to the measures outlined in the Paris Agreement. It would be imprudent for us to let the treaty, a fruit of decades of collective global will, collapse simply because one or two superpowers withdraw from it,” he said.
The minister made the statement at the ESG Sustainability Forum 2026 in Jakarta on Tuesday, in remarks widely interpreted as referring to the United States’ official exit from the accord in January this year.
“We cannot afford to let our strong determination to build resilience against climate change wane. The treaty withdrawal of a superpower should not deter our spirit,” Nurofiq reiterated.
He further stressed the importance of the Paris Agreement, which Indonesia ratified in 2016, citing the country’s vulnerability to climate change impacts and environmental degradation.
As a vast archipelagic nation, he noted, Indonesia faces heightened risks from extreme weather phenomena, including cyclones around the equator, which pose hydrometeorological disaster threats in various regions.
Nurofiq also pointed to disaster risks from the shrinking of mangrove coverage along Java’s northern coastline.
He warned that the alarming trend could lead to coastal erosion, which in turn threatens the populations of animals valuable to local communities, such as crabs and shrimp.
With those risks in mind, he said the Indonesian government has taken a range of steps to address climate change in line with the Paris Agreement, including issuing a presidential regulation on the economic value of carbon and national greenhouse gas emission control measures.
“The presidential regulation is designed to help us quantify our greenhouse gas emission reduction efforts into specific units, which can then be converted into tangible economic value in a credible manner,” he concluded.
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Translator: Prisca T, Tegar Nurfitra
Editor: M Razi Rahman
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