Indonesia climate efforts surpass Australia A top climate change
advisor in Jakarta says Indonesia can slash carbon emissions by
more than three times the rate in Australia. The announcement
follows today's recommendation by the Climate Change Authority
to keep Australia's current renewable energy target - the
percentage of electricity generation to come from renewable
sources - fixed at 20 per cent by 2020. The head of an
Indonesian climate change taskforce, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, says
the country can achieve its ambitious emissions reductions
targets despite corruption hindering efforts to reduce
deforestation. Indonesia plans to reduce carbon emissions by
cutting deforestation, using international carbon markets and
providing incentives to protect forests to achieve its goal to
cut domestic emissions by between 26 to 41 per cent by 2020.
When methods of calculation are compared, the figures are more
than three times Australia's domestic efforts. Mr Mangkusubroto
says forestry accounts for more than 60 per