Maintaining Carbon Sovereignty, Government Prepares Smart Book and Emission Limits

BOGOR, GARISBUMI.com – The government is strengthening national carbon trading governance to prevent Indonesia from being disadvantaged in global carbon market competition. The two instruments prepared are a carbon smart book and setting emission limits for business actors.

Minister of the Environment/Head of the Environmental Control Agency (LH/Environmental Management Agency (BPLH)) Moh Jumhur Hidayat emphasized that the government must master the carbon trading road map as a whole. This control is considered important to protect Indonesia's interests and sovereignty from various loopholes in global carbon transactions.

Jumhur conveyed this assertion while leading a strategic discussion at the Technical Guidance for the Implementation of Carbon Economic Value in Bogor, Tuesday, September 1 2026.

According to him, knowledge about carbon trading should not only be controlled by officials at the ministerial level. Regional governments, from governors to regents, must have the same understanding, because they deal directly with business actors in their respective regions.

“The governor, the regent also wants to know what carbon trading actually is,” Jumhur said.

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Government Prepares Carbon Smart Book