Big boost for green goals


Mutual interests: Scholz (centre) and Jokowi speaking during the opening tour of the Hannover Messe industrial fair in Germany. — AP

INDONESIA will join a new climate club established by the Group of Seven nations, according to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

The addition of South-East Asia’s biggest economy would add heft to the group, which Scholz pushed to create last year in a bid to coordinate global rules on climate matters and avoid trade disputes over green tariffs.

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