COP26: Do more for climate


No plastics: Environmental activists demonstrating during an Earth Day rally in Surabaya in April. Indonesian officials have recently mulled over a net-zero emissions target by 2070. — AFP

FIVE months ahead of the annual climate summit, Indonesia is being urged to declare a more ambitious pledge in order to prevent catastrophic impacts from the climate crisis.

United Kingdom Business Secretary Alok Sharma, who also serves as the president of COP26, visited Indonesia from Sunday to Tuesday as part of his global tour to urge governments around the world to be more ambitious in efforts to mitigate the climate crisis in the run-up to the climate summit.

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