Geny Jati, Author at IESR

Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Emissions are not Small

Event Coverage15 March 2024206Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 14 March 2024 - The industrial sector has become the backbone of the Indonesian economy. Not only large industries, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are also the driving force of the national economy, including creating employment opportunities and contributing 60.5% to GDP. However, this economic contribution figure is also accompanied by large, haunting emissions.…

Reviewing Indonesia’s Renewable Energy Investment Needs

Blog12 March 2024250Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, March 8th, 2024 - Indonesia's energy transition commitment officially began three years ago when the State Electricity Company (PLN) issued the 2021-2030 Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) which targets increasing renewable energy capacity as one of the prerequisites for achieving net zero Indonesia's emissions in 2060, specifically the electricity sector in 2050. During the…

Encouraging the Energy Transition in the Industrial Sector in South Sumatra

Event Coverage8 March 2024189Views 0Likes 0Comments

Palembang, 26 February 2024 - Energy is a basic need for individuals and communities with various purposes. Even though energy is something crucial in human life, not many people know or are critical of the energy sources (such as electricity) that they use every day. On a larger scale such as the industrial sector, energy…

Between Low Renewable Energy Target and High Economic Growth Ambitions

Blog21 February 2024180Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 20 February 2024 - Fabby Tumiwa, Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) assesses the steps taken by the National Energy Council (DEN) to adjust the renewable energy mix target in the Draft of Government Regulation on National Energy Policy (RPP KEN) from the original 23 percent to 17-19 percent 2030…

Mangroves for the Community

Event Coverage5 February 2024201Views 0Likes 0Comments

Cirebon, 26 January 2024 - South Kesunean is one of the coastal areas in the Kasepuhan Village area, Lemahwungkuk District, Cirebon City. Located on the coast, the South Kesunean area experiences threats in the form of abrasion or tidal flooding. Realizing this, people of Kesunean Selatan started planting mangroves to prevent this abrasion. The need…

Building a Framework for Understanding Mutual Cooperation on Renewable Energy

Event Coverage5 February 202499Views 0Likes 0Comments

Bekasi, 23 January 2024 - Human life cannot be separated from various types of energy use. Starting from the household scale for cooking, to the utility scale such as power plants with a capacity of hundreds of megawatts. Even though energy utilization activities are carried out every day, understanding and literacy about energy still needs…

Half-hearted Indonesian Climate Policy and Action

Event Coverage1 February 2024171Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 30 January 2024 - The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has declared 2023 as the hottest year. Historical records show that the earth's temperature continues to increase from year to year. To keep the earth's temperature rise to no more than 1.5 degrees, experts have recommended ensuring the world reaches peak global emissions in 2030…

Communities Build Sustainability-Based Businesses

Event Coverage1 February 2024190Views 0Likes 0Comments

Cirebon, 26 January 2024 - On the fourth day, the West Java Energy Exploration team continued their journey to Cirebon. Precisely in South Kesunean, Kasepuhan Village, Lemahwungkuk District. There, the group moved towards the shoreline to plant mangroves. South Kesunean has one problem, namely the emerging soil phenomenon. This raised land appears due to the…

Driving the Energy Transition from the Sub-National Level

Event Coverage22 December 2023179Views 0Likes 0Comments

Semarang, 19 December 2023 - The annual Climate Summit (Summit) held in Dubai in November - December 2023 resulted in a number of global agreements, one of which was an agreement by 118 countries to transition and abandon fossil fuels. This agreement was born partly due to pressure from countries experiencing the impacts of climate…

Strengthening the Government’s Commitment in Mitigating Climate Change

Blog22 December 2023148Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 15 December 2023 - The Indonesian government continues to improve in terms of strengthening its commitment to climate change mitigation. Since starting to aggressively commit to climate mitigation in 2021, the Indonesian Government has continued to carry out follow-up actions through various assessments of funding commitments and creating decarbonization roadmaps in each sector. Nurcahyanto,…

IETO 2024: Reviewing Progress in the Energy Transition in Indonesia

Event Coverage20 December 2023346Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 15 December 2023 - In the last three years, there has been a number of advances in the energy transition in Indonesia. Since 2020, the Indonesian government has begun to include the energy transition agenda in the government's agenda. At the launch of the annual flagship report Indonesia Energy Transition Outlook 2024, Fabby Tumiwa,…

Preparing for the Energy Transition in South Sumatra for Youth

Blog14 December 2023127Views 0Likes 0Comments

Palembang, 5 December 2023 - The increasing intensity of hydrometeorological disasters in the last decade indicates that climate change is currently underway. Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, said that the earth is entering an era of global boiling , where July 2023 was recorded as the hottest day in history.…