Environment and Maritime Ministries Boost Marine Climate Action
Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world. More than 70 per cent of its territory is ocean, and more than 60 per cent of its population lives in coastal areas, said Ary Sudijanto, an official of KLH, in a statement in Jakarta on Wednesday.
He specifically highlighted the crucial role that the marine and fisheries sector plays in achieving national climate targets.
Given Indonesia’s archipelagic nature, the country boasts significant coastal ecosystem potential, including mangroves and seagrasses, offering significant opportunities to make ocean-based solutions an integral part of climate change control efforts.
Indonesia has approximately 20-25 per cent of the world’s total mangrove and seagrass cover, which not only absorbs and stores significant amounts of carbon but also protects the coast, supports biodiversity, and strengthens the resilience of coastal communities.
The management and restoration of these ecosystems are considered to make a real contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions while strengthening national climate resilience.
To that end, the two ministries have signed a Cooperation Agreement on Synergy in Climate Change Management in the Marine and Fisheries Sector.
Sudijanto said the collaboration between the two ministries seeks to strengthen coordination on climate action in the marine and fisheries sector, support carbon economic value implementation, and help meet the targets set in the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
The collaboration is also intended as a strategic step to strengthen cross-sector coordination in supporting the climate change mitigation and adaptation agenda in coastal and marine areas.
An official from KKP, A. Koswara, in a similar statement, stated that the collaboration aligns with the ministry’s mandate to lead climate action in the marine and fisheries sector, as stipulated in national policy.
He said the commitment is formalised under Presidential Regulation No. 110 of 2025 on Carbon Economic Value Instruments and National Greenhouse Gas Emission Control, which designates the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry to spearhead climate efforts in the marine and fisheries sector.