Kompas | Strengthening Commitment to a Green Economy Future

As one of the strategies to reduce 40-45% CO2 by 2030, IESR launched an analysis where at least the contribution of renewable energy must be above 30 percent and half of the power generation capacity has used renewable energy technology. Indonesia specifically held a bilateral meeting with the UK to discuss cooperation between the two countries should be based on a green economy. This proves that the government is seriously targeting various opportunities for the development of a green economy.

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Katadata | Electric Vehicles Squeezed by 0% Tax of Certain Conventional Cars

The Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Fabby Tumiwa, said that a series of policies were needed to encourage the transition of the oil-fueled vehicle market to electricity. The main thing is the standard manufacture of electric vehicles and their charging stations. Then, the scheme for using electric cars for government operations and public transportation. Not only that, to support battery-based electric vehicles, a vehicle tax based on emission levels must be carried out

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