Indonesia signals about-face on COP26 zero-deforestation pledge

Siti said a global plan to end deforestation by 2030 was "inappropriate and unfair" for her country. - Reuters

JAKARTA (Reuters): Indonesia's environment minister has dismissed as "inappropriate and unfair" a global plan to end deforestation by 2030, days after her country, home to a third of the world's rainforests, was among more than 100 that made the zero-deforestation pledge.

The agreement late on Monday at the COP26 climate talks is at odds with Indonesia's development plans and the global goals should be fine-tuned, said minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar, who attended the summit in Glasgow.