Jakarta. The Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI) hosted the Indonesia Net-Zero Summit (INZS) 2026 at Balai Kartini in Jakarta on Aug. 1, bringing together nearly 10,000 participants, more than 130 partners, and 60 speakers.

This year's summit carried the theme "It's Time to Deliver!", highlighting the need to translate global and national climate commitments into concrete action. Amid geopolitical tensions and global economic pressures, the transition to net-zero is no longer viewed as a long-term agenda that can be postponed, but as an urgent necessity to strengthen energy resilience, economic competitiveness, and national security.

The summit emphasized that ambitious climate targets can only deliver meaningful change through credible and consistent implementation. It called on governments, businesses, and communities to work together toward measurable and tangible outcomes.

Opening the event, FPCI founder Dino Patti Djalal underscored the urgency of tackling climate change, describing it as one of the defining challenges of the modern era despite being overshadowed by other global crises.

"Climate change never stops changing. It underpins health, politics, peace, security, the economy, industry, migration, individual and social well-being, infrastructure, food, energy, water, jobs—everything. It is the single most important force shaping humanity's future. Climate change stands above everything else. It must be our number one priority," Dino said.

He added that rising geopolitical tensions, a fragmented global order, and growing concerns over energy security have widened the gap between climate commitments and implementation, particularly in financing, technology, and transition pathways.

At the same time, developing countries, including those in Southeast Asia, are playing an increasingly important role in shaping the future of global climate governance and the energy transition. Against this backdrop, INZS 2026 aims to serve as a platform for stakeholders to exchange perspectives, strengthen collaboration, and explore practical solutions to ensure an inclusive transition toward a sustainable future.

"Climate change is about everything else. It should be goal number one. If we don't get climate right, we get everything else wrong," Dino said.

"A world that warms by 3 degrees Celsius will hurt all of us. We will all suffer, and it cannot be reversed. We can still act now—this is the narrow window we have left before 2030," he added.

Retno Marsudi, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Water, said water resilience is a fundamental pillar of the net-zero transition.

"Net-zero emissions cannot be achieved without water resilience. Water plays a critical role in both mitigation and adaptation, while water ecosystems form the foundation of climate resilience," Retno said.

Meanwhile, Environment Minister and Head of the Environmental Control Agency (BPLH) Moh. Jumhur Hidayat said Indonesia should not regard the net-zero transition as an additional burden.

"Amid global uncertainty, the climate agenda and green transition have become part of our national strategy to strengthen energy resilience, economic competitiveness, and national security. The transition toward net-zero is not an additional burden, but a way to safeguard our future. We are developing a policy approach built on three interconnected pillars: mitigation, adaptation, and prosperity. These are not merely slogans—they must advance together," Jumhur said.

Referring to this year's summit theme, Jumhur said it challenged Indonesia to define what "delivery" means in practice.

"The theme 'It's Time to Deliver' calls on us to answer one simple question: What does 'delivery' mean for Indonesia?" he said.

According to Jumhur, Indonesia should prioritize strengthening environmental governance, accelerating a low-carbon transformation within ecological limits, making adaptation and resilience central to development, ensuring the transition benefits communities, and building practical implementation partnerships.

He summarized the message of the summit through three priorities:

• Deliver on mitigation by achieving visible emissions reductions, not just commitments.
• Deliver on adaptation by providing real protection for communities facing climate risks.
• Deliver on prosperity by ensuring the green transition becomes a source of welfare rather than new uncertainty.

Following a full day of discussions, INZS 2026 concluded with a special performance by Teddy Adhitya to promote the "No Music on A Dead Planet" movement, which raises awareness of climate change and environmental issues through music.

The summit was open to the public free of charge. Through its FPCI Climate Unit, FPCI said it remains committed to monitoring climate developments in Indonesia, advocating more concrete climate action through various programs and initiatives, and contributing to the country's shared goal of achieving net-zero emissions.

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