Press Release

September 01, 2022
  • Global Environment

Ministry of the Environment, Japan, and Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Republic of Indonesia, hold Bilateral Meeting and sign Comprehensive Environmental Cooperation Package

NISHIMURA Akihiro, Minister of the Environment (MOE) of Japan, participated in the G20 Environment and Climate Ministerial Meeting, held a bilateral meeting with H.E. Mr. Luhut Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment of the Republic of Indonesia, and signed the Comprehensive Environmental Cooperation Package on Climate-Biodiversity Conservation-Circular Economy-Nexus between Japan and the Republic of Indonesia. 

The package aims to promote comprehensive cooperation on priority issues by Indonesia in the G20 environmental area and induce at least 700 million USD in public and private investment to simultaneously achieve the decarbonization transition, biodiversity conservation, and circular economy.

During the bilateral meeting, the ministers acknowledged the cooperation conducted to date and discussed a wide range of issues such as waste and marine plastic debris management and mangrove restoration, as well as future possible cooperation, including climate change measures.
Background
MOE Japan issued joint statements with H.E. Mr. Luhut, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment of the Republic of Indonesia, in 2019 and 2021, and has promoted cooperation in waste management, environmental improvement of the Citarum River, and marine plastic debris management. On the occasion of the G20 Environment and Climate Ministerial Meeting, a comprehensive cooperation package on priority issues which Indonesia is focusing on in the environmental area of the G20 was agreed upon.

Date: 16:00-16:45 (Local Time), August 30, 2022

Place: Bali, Indonesia

Main participants:
Indonesia:
          [Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment]
          H.E. Mr. Luhut, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment
          Ms. Nani, Deputy Minister for Environmental and Forestry Management
          [Ministry of Environment and Forestry]
          Mr. Alue, Deputy Minister of the Environment and Forestry
          Ms. Rosa Vivien, Director General of Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste & Hazardous Material Management

Japan:
          NISHIMURA Akihiro, Minister of the Environment, Japan
          KAWAMATA Kotaro, Director, International Strategy Division, Global Environment Bureau, MOE Japan
          Others

Meeting outline
NISHIMURA Akihiro, Minister of the Environment (MOE) Japan, held a bilateral meeting with H.E. Mr. Luhut Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment of the Republic of Indonesia, and signed the Comprehensive Environmental Cooperation Package between Japan and the Republic of Indonesia. During the bilateral meeting, the ministers acknowledged the cooperation conducted to date and discussed a wide range of issues such as waste and marine plastic debris management and mangrove restoration, as well as future cooperation possibilities, including climate change measures.