Bangkok, 29 September 2009 — Greenpeace today welcomed the Indonesian President’s announcement late last week that he would cut emissions 26% by 2020 (from business as usual) and 41% if the developed world provided finance.

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s statement, made at a G20 “working lunch”, but which has only come to light today, is the type of commitment now being seen from a growing number of large developing countries.

“While we still need to see the details of this new Indonesian position, that the world’s third largest emitter is intending to make such large cuts is a very welcome move,” said Paul Winn of Greenpeace international.

We have now seen a clear signal from the world’s four largest developing country emitters: China, India, Brazil and Indonesia, that they are taking action.

“Leaders of the developing world have been ducking their responsibility and justifying it by saying the developing world needed to make strong commitment. Well they have and the onus is now on Obama and company to put the money on the table to help them succeed.”

He stressed that Indonesia’s new policy would need to be carefully scrutinised for exactly how it would be achieved. The first step to making this commitment a reality would be a moratorium on deforestation and peatland destruction in Indonesia.

Greenpeace is calling on developed nations to commit $40 billion a year to end tropical deforestation globally by 2020 – and for Indonesia region (including Malaysia and PNG), Brazil and the Congo by 2015 – through a global forest fund created in Copenhagen.

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Greenpeace contacts in Bangkok

Cindy Baxter +66 8 2334 3915 or +31 646 197 332
Paul Winn +66 8 5332 4795 or 61 407 074 370

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