On April 20, Emil Salim, the first Indonesian environment minister, provoked much discussion at the Indonesia Net Zero Summit 2021 when he insisted that instead of net zero, Indonesia should aim for net minus carbon emissions by 2050. He was responding to the presentation of National Development Planning Minister Suharso Monoarfa, who had mapped out alternative scenarios in which Indonesia could reach net zero by the years 2045, 2050, 2060 and 2070. Notwithstanding the March 2021 Environment and Forestry Ministry announcement that Indonesia would reach net zero by 2070, as the Net Zero Summit indicated, the debate on net zero in Indonesia continues.