Jakarta – The environment and forestry sector started the First G20 Environment Deputies Meeting and Climate Sustainability Working Group (1st G20 EDM-CSWG) on Monday (21/3). The meeting was attended by 81 delegates from 20 member countries, 7 invited countries and 5 international organizations, from 21 – 24 March 2022 in Yogyakarta.
The 1st EDM-CSWG meeting started with side events — Environment Deputies Meeting (EDM), bringing up a dialogue with the topics: ‘Nature-Based Solutions and Ecosystem-Based Approaches for Water Management’, ‘Circular Cities’, and ‘Positive Clean Water for Sustainable Water Development’.
The meeting highlights cooperation between G20 countries in research, science, technology, and innovation for sea-based climate action towards climate resilience. Other cooperation between G20 countries is in increasing resource mobilization to support climate change control, providing information to G20 countries related to the potential for carbon pricing in supporting NDC implementation and the transition to low emissions and climate resilience.
The Director General of Climate Change Control (PPI) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), Laksmi Dwanthi in her remarks at the side event of the CSWG dialogue, Laksmi Dwanthi said that key elements and messages in the CSWG workshop will be used in the 1st parallel session of EDM-CSWG to exercise commonalities, needs, and other relevant elements of G20 member countries as well as to identify elements for ministerial communiqué draft.
The Director General of Pollution and Environmental Damage Control (PPKL) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Sigit Relianto who is also co-chair of the G20 EDM-CSWG in his speech said that the topic chosen in the EDM dialogue this time would be a medium to strengthen the commitment and cooperation of G20 countries in implementing nature-based solutions and ecosystem-based approaches for water management, circular cities, and positive clean water. for sustainable water development.
“Water management must consider the impact of climate change. This should include knowledge, funding, economics, local community involvement, government support and other national, regional and global institutions. The nature-based approach is believed to be able to build better water management,” he said.
Relianto added that the water problem is a global issue, starting from availability, access and other issues. Climate change is also contributing to an increase in water problems from shortages to floods. In dealing with this problem, several countries have implemented water management including sustainable water management.
Various studies serve as a basis to support priority issues of the CSWG as well as a basis for discussion for the preparation of Ministerial level Communiqués/Declarations, with outputs include providing a comprehensive analysis in the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) target towards sustainable recovery; providing a comprehensive analysis related to the role of co-benefit mitigation to encourage more sustainable climate recovery and resilience, assist global commitments to carry out sustainable management of the marine sector, including the preservation of coastal ecosystems.
The series of EDM-CSWG meetings will not only be attended by G20 members. The Indonesian government also invited Spain as a permanent invitee country, the Netherlands, Singapore, Fiji, Belize, Senegal, Rwanda, and the United Arab Emirates. Fiji was invited as a representative of developing countries and archipelagic countries, while Belize, Senegal, Rwanda, as representatives of the African continent. Apart from countries, a number of international organizations will also be involved in the EDM-CSWG meeting, including UNEP, FAO, IFAD, UNDP, and ASEAN. (Hartatik)
Banner photo: The 1st EDM-CSWG meeting, Yogyakarta, Monday, 21 March 2022. Source: Ministry of Environment and Forestry
