Working Session Of G7 Partners, Jokowi Affirms Earth Needs Real Actions, Not Rhetoric

President Jokowi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida while attending the G7 Partner Working Session which discussed climate, energy and the environment on the sidelines of the G7 Summit. (PHOTO BETWEEN/HO-Biro Press of the Presidential Secretariat)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that the earth needs real action and not just rhetoric in dealing with the threat of climate change.

Therefore, when delivering a speech at the G7 Partner Working Session which discussed climate, energy, and the environment at the Grand Prince Hotel, Hiroshima, Japan, Saturday, President Jokowi encouraged all countries to contribute according to their respective capacities.

"The old approach must be abandoned, burden shifting, propaganda. This earth needs real action, nottalk the talk which does not lead to concrete," said Jokowi, Head of State, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, May 20.

The President claims Indonesia has increased its emission reduction target by 31.89 percent with its own capabilities and 43.2 percent supported by international support.

"A commitment must be followed by a empowering partnership," he said.

Therefore, President Jokowi emphasized that climate funding support for developing countries must be constructive and far from discriminatory policies on behalf of the environment.

According to Jokowi, financial support in the form of debt will only become a burden.

"I have to say, to be honest, developing countries have doubts about the commitment to funding developed countries, which until now the commitment of 100 billion US dollars per year has not been fulfilled," he said.

The President also encouraged all countries to increase concrete actions to face the threat of climate change.

Indonesia, for example, continued Jokowi, has taken a number of concrete actions to deal with these threats.

"The deforestation rate has decreased significantly and is the lowest during the last 20 years, rehabilitation of 600,000 hectares of mangrove forests completed in 2024, rehabilitation of 3 million hectares of critical land, forest fires falling 88 percent, building 30,000 hectares of green industrial areas, and encouraging the development of the EV ecosystem (electric vehicles, ed.)," he said.

Previously, President Jokowi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had also agreed to encourage developed countries to realize their commitment to providing climate change funds, when the two held bilateral meetings at the Rihga Royal Hotel, Hiroshima.