Belem, Brazil, Nov. 15 -- Indonesia and Japan are stepping up collaboration on carbon credit trading under a bilateral agreement aligned with the Paris Agreement, Indonesian Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said Friday.

Nurofiq met with Japanese Vice Minister for Global Environmental Affairs Kentaro Doi at the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) to advance the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA), which allows both countries to recognize each other's carbon credit systems.

"We agreed to continue MRA in operational efforts under Article 6.2, targeting greenhouse gas emission reductions," Nurofiq said.

The discussion also covered broader cooperation, including climate change mitigation initiatives and building systems to i...