Indonesia threatens to quit Paris climate deal over palm oil

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A senior Indonesian minister warned on Wednesday Southeast Asia's biggest economy could consider exiting the Paris climate deal if the European ...

JAKARTA: A senior Indonesian minister warned on Wednesday Southeast Asia's biggest economy could consider exiting the Paris climate deal if the European Union goes ahead with a plan to phase out palm oil in renewable transportation fuel.

Indonesia's government, however, says palm requires far less land to produce oil compared to crops such as soy and rapeseed. "The US was not sanctioned at all by the EU ," said Peter Gontha, special staff at Indonesia's foreign ministry.

 

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