Enviro News Asia, Belém — Indonesia reaffirms its commitment to advancing high-integrity, inclusive, and sustainable forest finance during the Forest Pavilion sessions at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, on 13 November 2025. Organized by the UN-REDD Programme in collaboration with the UNFCCC Secretariat, the event convenes countries and global stakeholders to discuss the progress, challenges, and future direction of forest-based climate finance.
During the session on Lessons and the Future of REDD+ Results-Based Payments, Indonesia is represented by Haruni Krisnawati, Senior Advisor to the Minister for Climate Change. She presents Indonesia’s achievements and policy direction in leveraging REDD+ Results-Based Payments (RBP) as a key driver of national forest finance.
Haruni emphasizes that REDD+ serves as a central pillar in strengthening Indonesia’s climate finance architecture. She explains that Indonesia’s progress is rooted in transparent governance, credible data systems, and strong ownership across local and national levels. She notes that Indonesia has received RBP financing from partners including Norway, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), and the World Bank.
Haruni outlines key lessons from Indonesia’s REDD+ implementation:
- Integrity begins with data – A transparent and continually improved national MRV system establishes international confidence.
- Institutional clarity – Coordination between the Ministry of Forestry, Ministry of Environment, and the Environmental Fund Management Agency ensures funding flows remain accountable and well-targeted.
- Policy consistency – Long-term national policies such as the primary forest and peat moratorium, social forestry programs, and peatland and mangrove restoration contribute significantly to REDD+ success.
She adds that REDD+ RBP enhances Indonesia’s climate credibility, particularly in advancing the FOLU Net Sink 2030 target, which aims to achieve a carbon-neutral forestry and land-use sector by 2030. Funding managed through the Environmental Fund (BPDLH) reinforces Indonesia’s position as a country with comprehensive and accountable climate finance governance.
Indonesia also highlights that its experience with RBP informs the implementation of Presidential Regulation No. 110/2025 on the Carbon Economic Value (NEK), which integrates market and non-market mechanisms into a unified legal framework to accelerate climate finance mobilization.
Haruni identifies three priority areas for strengthening future forest finance effectiveness:
- Enhancing jurisdictional approaches, including nesting provincial programs into the national carbon accounting system.
- Ensuring fairness and inclusivity, especially through benefit-sharing for communities, Indigenous Peoples, and subnational governments.
- Mobilizing private-sector participation by providing regulatory certainty through the NEK framework.
Speakers from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Uganda, and other global partners join the session, underscoring Indonesia’s role as a leading voice in forest-based mitigation and climate finance governance.
The Ministry of Forestry states that Indonesia will continue to promote global cooperation to ensure forest finance becomes more inclusive, accountable, and beneficial for communities at the local level. Indonesia’s active engagement at the Forest Pavilion demonstrates the country’s role not only as a recipient of forest finance but also as a global standard-setter for high-integrity and sustainable forest funding. (*)
