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Yudhoyono Urges Climate Delegates to 'Seal the Deal'
Belinda Lopez | December 18, 2009

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono speaking at the Bella center in Copenhagen. (AFP Photo/Attila Kisbenedek) President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono speaking at the Bella center in Copenhagen. (AFP Photo/Attila Kisbenedek)
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peterR
11:45am Dec 18, 2009

enakajah.......

You said: "It takes more leaders like SBY to stand up and commit".

However, I truly do hope that SBY carries through his words with strong action and does not ponder too long: for the sake of Indonesia now.

Already Jakarta is one of the most polluted cities on Earth; the most polluted river in the WHOLE WORLD is the Citarum in Bandung; the floods are getting worse by the year partly because of local pollution and inadequate drainage; one hears of landslides and other preventable disasters on an almost daily basis. Even Bali, one of the worlds premier tourist destinations, has tons of garbage polluting it's beaches, washed down from its rivers and into its seas, and then in with the tides: This list could get quite long.

Indonesia stands on the edge, I hope that it can start to set an immediate example that goes beyond words, for its own sake.

enakajah
10:39am Dec 18, 2009

"....Hilary Clinton said the United States would help set up at $100 billion a year fund to help poor countries finance climate policy."

This is an enormous step if it actually happens. However considering the same government threw $ 700 billion at it's own banking system and is one of the world's top three emitters it is perhaps only a small step. However it is a great start.

Will it be a pay off to others instead of reducing the US emissions by 40%? And she stated "The US would help set up..." does this mean that others are expected to contribute to the fund? Sounds like a very large Carbon Trading buy off. The other countries will have to match the actions in their own countries as well as helping others. Not just buy off the developing countries.

Whilst the amount is generous on an annual basis, how many years will it go on for and when divided up into the number of nations to recive it, one starts to get the picture of just how small the amount will be in reality.

It takes more leaders like SBY to stand up and commit where not asked and simply state we will do it some how with everyones help but we will do it regardless.

SBY's cautious but forward approach is indeed an example to all.

“As a non-Annex 1 country, we did not have to do this. But we read the stark scientific warnings,” Pretty much says it all.


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Copenhagen. Indonesia's president told delegates at the UN climate conference on Thursday that talk of international cooperation was meaningless without concrete financing and reduced emissions targets.

Presenting Indonesia as a leader among developing countries, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reiterated the country’s voluntary commitment to reduce its emissions by 26 percent by 2020, or by 41 percent with more international assistance.

“As a non-Annex 1 country, we did not have to do this. But we read the stark scientific warnings,” Yudhoyono said. The president did not give more specific details on how Indonesia would achieve these cuts, as some observers had hoped.

A “fast launch fund” at the conference was a good start, the president said, referring to the 10 billion pound Copenhagen launch fund.

“But I believe the proposed figure for the fund is too modest considering at stake is the survival of humanity and our planet,” he said, adding that an ideal figure would be between $25 billion and $35 billion per year until 2012.

Speaking shortly afterwards, the US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said the United States would help set up at $100 billion a year fund to help poor countries finance climate policy.

Urging delegates to “seal the deal” at the conference, Yudhoyono called on all major industrialized countries to reduce their emissions by 40 percent.

“110 world leaders did NOT come here to fail,” he said.

Fitrian Ardiansyah, WWF-Indonesia’s program director for climate and energy, who has been a key observer to the REDD negotiations at COP15. welcomed Yudhoyono’s comments, saying the president needed to urge other world leaders to follow suit and set firm targets.

“Besides lobbying EU and other developed countries' leaders, SBY is needed to lobby other leaders of new emerging economies since they are crucial in this climate solution,” he said.

“Indonesia has shown that we can play a role, in facilitating the process in Bali, and I hope this is a good experience and can be used again to facilitate a new agreement that can happen at the end of the week,” Fitrian said.