Geny Jati, Author at IESR

Tax Reform for Climate Financing in Asia

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Jakarta, 26 August 2025 - Global South countries currently need trillions of dollars to finance climate resilience projects and a just transition. The new UN Tax Convention is an opportunity to seek innovative financing through multinational collaborations, ensuring that wealthy individuals pay higher taxes fairly and aligning tax architectures with a country's climate targets. Arief…

Improving Governance of Geothermal Projects in Indonesia

Blog6 August 2025286Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, August 1, 2025 - Geothermal energy is one of the world's renewable energy sources with potential for further development. A report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) states that by 2024, geothermal power plants will contribute 1% of global energy needs. In the same report, the IEA stated that geothermal energy could supply approximately…

Proposed Supply Chain Roadmap for the Domestic Solar PV Industry

Event Coverage1 August 2025607Views 1Like 0Comments

Jakarta, July 30, 2025 - Solar energy will be the backbone of Indonesia's future energy system. PLN's 2025-2034 RUPTL targets an additional 17 GW of solar power capacity. The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) assesses that to support the large-scale solar energy deployment agenda, Indonesia must build a robust solar energy support ecosystem. This…

Unraveling the Challenges of the Energy Transition in Southeast Asia

Event Coverage28 July 2025397Views 1Like 0Comments

Putra Jaya, July 24, 2025 - Malaysia's ASEAN 2025 leadership is themed "Inclusivity and Sustainability." This theme aims to encourage energy system transformation that prioritizes not only technical transformation of the energy system but also the humanistic side. One of its main focuses is strengthening regional interconnectivity through the ASEAN power grid for energy integration…

Impact of the Indonesia-US Import Tariff Agreement

Blog18 July 20252KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, July 17, 2025 - Indonesia received a 19% reciprocal tariff from the United States. This tariff was achieved after negotiations. The United States previously announced that Indonesia would be subject to a 32% tariff on its products exported to the United States. As part of the offer for this tariff reduction, the United States…

Sustainable Mobility: An Absolute Necessity for Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector

Event Coverage16 July 2025292Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, July 14, 2025 - Human mobility is a consequence of a constantly evolving and growing economy. To meet the needs of each individual, various alternative land transportation modes are developing, especially in large cities like Jakarta and its agglomeration areas. The transportation sector in Indonesia consumes 40% of the nation's fuel. Road and land…

Energy Independence from Indonesia’s Islands

Event Coverage3 July 2025654Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, June 30, 2025 - PLN's 2025-2034 Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) has set a target of adding 42.6 GW of renewable energy capacity and 10.3 energy storage systems. Along with the increase in renewable energy capacity, it is necessary to develop a transmission network that is able to accommodate and operate the energy system…

Comprehensively Monitoring the Energy Transition

Event Coverage18 June 2025244Views 0Likes 0Comments

Yogyakarta, June 4, 2025 – The energy transition to renewable sources is key to reducing Indonesia's dependence on coal while promoting a sustainable economy. At the Public Seminar "Coal Policy Reform," organized by the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) in collaboration with the British Embassy in Jakarta through the Green Energy Transition Indonesia…

Diskusi UKM Hijau - Dekarbonisasi Industri

Green SMEs as the Backbone of Economic Transformation

Event Coverage18 June 2025691Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, June 12, 2025 - Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) contribute to more than 60 percent of Indonesia's GDP and 97 percent of employment in Indonesia. This large economic contribution also brings significant emissions. The transformation of the Indonesian SME sector towards a lower emission production system will be one of the strategic steps to…

RUPTL Potential to Ignite Indonesian Economy

Blog10 June 20251KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, June 9, 2025 - The Indonesian government recently released the Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) which will be the guideline for the development of Indonesia's electricity in the next 10 years. The government through PLN plans to increase Indonesia's electricity capacity by 69.5 GW. Renewable energy is planned to dominate with a capacity of…

The Big Role of Floating Solar Power Plants in Realizing RUPTL 2025-2034

Event Coverage2 June 20251KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, May 28, 2025 - Indonesia has a target of reducing energy sector emissions in the Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (E-NDC) of 358 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent with its own efforts in 2030. The use of renewable energy, especially solar, is one of the strategies to meet Indonesia's climate targets, especially in the…

Driving ASEAN Towards Green Transition

Event Coverage22 May 2025519Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, May 20, 2025 - Southeast Asia has become a region with an average economic growth of above 5 percent for five consecutive years. This growth outperforms the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries which are in the range of 2.3 percent. This economic growth trend is accompanied by energy demand which is…