Indonesian palm oil will be banned because the industry exacerbates deforestation
the EU announcement that Indonesian palm oil will be banned because the industry exacerbates deforestation, so it is not renewable energy. Palm oil is the only commodity released from the EU's list of renewable energy sources because of its correlation with deforestation. Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad have reacted by sending an official letter to the block earlier this month. Maritime Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan replied that Indonesia could withdraw from the Paris Agreement, following the steps of the United States and later Brazil. Although there are no clear signs in this direction, it is better to weigh the costs of abandoning international agreements. In 2015, 196 countries gathered in Paris signed a historic pact, signing a global goal to reduce world temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. But despite the tremendous enthusiasm, the Paris Agreement was f...
