What's Missing?

Although the SNDC for the first time includes a special chapter on "just transition", what is still missing is a detailed legal binding framework. Without mandatory regulatory derivatives, the phrase "developing a low-emission economy that creates jobs" will only end up as jargon in planning documents.

We need more than just recognition of the potential of blue carbon or promises of social protection. We need a legal roadmap that ensures that when coal-fired power plants are retired or when land use planning is tightened, affected communities have a safety net guaranteed by law, not just ad-hoc programs.

Conclusion

Indonesia's NDC is merely a document containing the fact that our speed is still lagging behind. By hanging the best-case scenario (LCCP) on international funding and postponing the net-sink target until 2060, we are leisurely walking on a sprint track. Only speed and legal certainty can save us from the climate crisis.