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The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) officially opened the 2020 Climate Festival as an effort to disseminate information on Indonesia's climate change control policies.

"We intend this festival to disseminate, inform about various strategic policies to control climate change in Indonesia and their achievements," Deputy Minister of the Environment and Forestry Alue Dohong said in a virtual press conference in Jakarta, Wednesday.

Not only that, but the 2020 Climate Festival also commemorates the five years of the establishment of the Directorate General of Climate Change Control as part of KLHK.

Alue said the event was also to mark the implementation of commitments from the Paris Agreement which Indonesia had ratified through Law Number 16 of 2016 concerning Ratification of the Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Alue emphasized the important role of the Directorate General of PPI in achieving Indonesia's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, namely 29 percent with their own efforts and 41 percent with international assistance.

He said that this year the NDC commitment was implemented, the Directorate General of PPI played an important role in garnering participation and contributions from all stakeholders, not only state actors, such as ministries and institutions but also society, academics, and mass media.

"How do we push for our targets as we agreed on in the NDC we can achieve optimally," said Alue.

The 2020 Climate Festival will be held on October 7-27 with the theme "Strengthening Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Actions in the Recovery Period for the COVID-19 Pandemic".

Some of its activities include a series of webinars on current issues and virtual exhibitions on the theme of climate change. (Antaranews)