Relationship dossier
Indonesia
Norway
Relationship assessment
Climate and forest cooperation has advanced alongside disagreements over implementation.
Indonesia toward Norway
+20Indonesia participated in a bilateral forest and climate partnership with Norway, ended the earlier arrangement in 2021 amid disagreements over implementation, and signed a new cooperation arrangement in 2022.
Norway toward Indonesia
+35Norway cooperated with Indonesia on forest protection and climate policy and made a results-based payment for Indonesia’s emissions reductions under the bilateral partnership.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship has a substantive foundation in bilateral climate and forest cooperation, including a renewed arrangement after Indonesia ended the earlier partnership amid implementation disagreements. Norway’s results-based payment represents concrete cooperation, while the dispute over delivery shows that the partnership has faced material friction.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Indonesia and Norway have cooperated on forest protection and climate policy, including a bilateral forest and climate partnership. Indonesia ended the earlier partnership in 2021 amid disagreements over its implementation, then signed a new cooperation arrangement with Norway in 2022. Norway subsequently made a results-based payment to Indonesia for emissions reductions. The relationship combines concrete climate cooperation with friction over delivery and implementation.
Areas of tension
- Disagreements over implementation of the earlier forest and climate partnership, which Indonesia ended in 2021.
Key developments
Indonesia ended its earlier forest and climate partnership with Norway amid disagreements over implementation.
Indonesia and Norway signed a new climate cooperation arrangement.
Norway made a results-based payment to Indonesia for emissions reductions.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the 2022 climate cooperation arrangement are unclear.
- The extent of bilateral cooperation beyond climate and forestry is uncertain.