COPENHAGEN, KOMPAS.com - Indonesian delegates reject the offer from advanced countries to audit the 26 percent emission mitigation program; the audit of which will be the analysis material to assist a target of 41 percent mitigation. The reasons for rejecting are the project is voluntary and it's a matter of sovereignty.
Indonesian spokesman, Tri Tharyat, between the sessions of the fourth day of the 2009 Climate Change Conference, Thursday, stated the above and "How foreign consultants can come and ask for confidential data and information."
However, Indonesia is willing to if the developed countries plan to audit the 15 percent emission mitigation, which will the the follow up from 26 to 41 percent. This point isn't resolved yet since the developed countries demand clarification for the 26 percent.
Before, a group of Umbrella Group countries (among which are the US, Australia, Norway, Japan, Russia, and Iceland) emphasized the crucial need to set targets for emission mitigation for gasses causing the glass-house effect and thus the global warming, with principles of measurable, reportable and verifiable (MRV). Targets are needed, not only for the obliged developed countries, but also for developing ones, even if it's voluntary.
This is deemed crucial to achieve low carbon emission development.
"Indonesia's position is different regarding the obligation suggested to be applied for advanced countries," said Tri. According to the Bali Action Plan which was set in COP13, in Bali, December 2007, the developed countries should report their emission and their mitigation target plan.
At the first Indonesian press conference, the Indonesian head negotiator, Rachman Witoelar, stated that the voluntary emission mitigation is 26 percent by 2020 for the current amount of 0.7 gigaton of carbondioxyde (CO). However, Indonesia didn't answer questions from foreign media regarding the data breakdown and budgeting needed for that plan.
The information from the delegates is that Indonesia's reluctance to declare the method of achieving the target is because it hasn't been officially consulted with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
MRV becomes an obstacle
Debates regarding the MRV audit for the mitigation programs in developing countries are heating up after the the Denmark suggestion that developing countries are obliged to mitigate their emission as best as they can. However, this doesn't apply for poor countries and the 43 small island states included in the Alliance of Small Island State (AOSIS).
China as one of the rapidly developing countries, rejected their suggested mandatory emission mitigation. They voluntarily deliver their own emission mitigation program. According to Tri, the position of G-77 is to reject the suggestion to make the national emission mitigation mandatory. (Gesit Ariyanto/C17-09)
