Indonesia โLeads Green Diplomacy Push at โCOP30,Prioritizingโ Forest & โOcean Protection
Belรฉm,Brazil – November 7,2025 – โIndonesia took a central role in green diplomacyโ at the opening of the COP30 Climate Conference in Belรฉm,Brazil,reaffirming โits dedicationโฃ to protecting tropical forests andโฃ oceans asโค crucial defenses against climate change. Theโค nation’s delegation emphasized its commitment to these vitalโค ecosystems during โthe “Climate and nature: forests and Oceans” โคsession.
Indonesia highlighted key climate action goals,โ including a commitment to halt deforestation โคby โ2030 and expandโ initiatives focusedโ on restoring tropical forest ecosystems. The country also signaled strengthened cooperation with the Tropical Forest Forever fund (TFFF), a financing mechanism โspearheaded byโข the Brazilian government to support โtropical forest nations.
“Climate โขjustice ensures thatโข Indigenousโ peoples and local communities remainโข at the forefrontโฃ of conservation โคand receive fair benefits from the nature they protect,” stated Environment Minister โคHanif Faisol Nurofiq during the conference.
The importance ofโ relatable climate action โwas also underscoredโ by Brazilian President โฃluizโ Inรกcio Lula da Silva, who stressed theโฃ need for policies that directly impact people’s lives. “People don’t understand the โขterm ‘carbon,’ butโ theyโข understand the losses they face when floods hit,” Lula said. “Climate policies mustโ be tangible to people’s lives.”
UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres โฃechoed thisโข urgency, calling for accelerated nature protection efforts, โฃwarning that the world is rapidlyโค approaching the limits of its ability to โขmeet global temperatureโข targets. “Protecting โฃforests โคand oceans โข- the โคworld’s naturalโข carbon sinks – is essential to keeping global warming below 1.5ยฐC,” Guterres stated.
Beyond forest โฃpreservation, Minister Hanif outlined Indonesia’sโค broader โenvironmental agenda, detailing plans to expand “blue carbon” initiatives aimed at bolstering coastal resilience, reducing marine pollution from waste and microplastics, and fostering sustainable, community-basedโฃ maritime economies.
Indonesia also formally endorsed the “Call to Action for Integrated Fire Management” declaration,offering its expertise in utilizing both technology and community involvement in controlling forest and land fires.
The conference sawโฃ a unified message emerge from tropical forest nations, spanning from the Amazon to Indonesia: true climate justice cannot be achievedโข without simultaneous attention to social equity and robust nature protection.