Indonesia’s parliament ratified the Paris climate
change agreement on Wednesday Oct 19,2016, obligating one of the world’s biggest
polluters to limit its carbon emissions.
All 10
political parties in Indonesia’s parliament endorsed the agreement,
paving the way for it to become part of the country’s laws.
The
deal aims to curb the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
gases to keep global temperature increases to less than 2 degrees
Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
Indonesia is a major coal producer and is cutting down its tropical
forests for palm oil and pulp wood plantations. Annual dry-season fires
that are illegally started to clear land for plantations also release
vast amounts of greenhouse gases, particularly when they burn peatlands
that store large amounts of carbon.
Indonesia signed the Paris agreement on April 22,2016 in New York.
The deal
comes into effect on November 4,2016 after the threshold of ratification by
55 countries representing at least 55 % of global emissions was
passed early this month.
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