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Building a Regional Voice: Southeast Asia Energy Transition Collaborative Network (SETC) Formally Introduced in Bangkok Climate Action Week

Press Release30 September 2025238Views 0Likes 0Comments

Bangkok, 30 September 2025 – Southeast Asia has entered a decisive decade for building reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy systems which also help to ensure long-term energy security. As countries strive to cut emissions while sustaining growth, one lesson stands out: no nation can move fast enough alone. The region remains heavily dependent on fossil…

Bappenas, ADB, IESR, and DFAT Launch Green MSME Empowerment Document to Realize Sustainable Businesses

Press Release19 September 2025696Views 0Likes 0Comments

JAKARTA, September 19, 2025 – The Ministry of National Development Planning (PPN/Bappenas), together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), and the Government of Australia, launched the White Paper titled "Realizing a Sustainable Business Future through Green MSME Empowerment" in Jakarta on Tuesday (16/9). The document provides a situation…

Six leading Organisations Commit to Strengthen Climate Collaboration in Indonesia

Press Release18 June 2025888Views 0Likes 0Comments

Six leading organisations have formalised a strategic partnership at the Fifth Australia-Indonesia Energy Transition Policy Dialogue to accelerate the nation’s clean energy transition through collaborative research, policy support and institutional cooperation. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Jakarta by Climateworks Centre, Centre for Policy Development (CPD), Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), International…

Playing Snakes and Ladders While Counting our Carbon Footprint in Alun-Alun Eropa

Blog16 May 2023493Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 16 May 2023 - Jejakkarbonku together with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH or GIZ participated in Alun-Alun Eropa, an event organized by the European Union on 6 May 2023. The festival is part of the celebrations for Europe Day, which is the European Union's 'national day'. At the festival, Jejakkarbonku presented the experience…

The use of CCS needs careful consideration

Blog1 June 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Author : Aditya Perdana Putra Purnomo (Research team intern 2022) Editor: Pamela Simamora The use of fossil fuels since the beginning of the industrial revolution has been shown to increase anthropogenic 1 carbon dioxide emissions that are responsible for an upsurge in the earth's surface temperature by 1.07 °C from 1850 to 1990.The…

The Aspirations of the Communities for the NERE Bill

Press Release19 May 2022570Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 19 May 2022 - Decarbonization of the energy sector as one of the largest emitters in Indonesia needs to be carried out to achieve the net-zero target in 2060 or sooner. Thus, Indonesia should prepare supporting policies for development of renewable energy. However, based on the draft of the New Energy and Renewable Energy…

Jateng Solar Series – Green Healthcare Forum: Central Java Encourages Solar PV Adoption in Health Facilities

Blog, Event Coverage26 April 2022740Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 26 April 2022- The Ministry of Health through The Directorate of Health Service Facilities, Directorate General of Health Services has issued Guidelines for Environmentally Friendly Hospitals (Green Hospitals) in Indonesia in 2018. Central Java has a high potential power output for solar energy. To that end, the development of policies, benefits, and financing schemes…

Sticks with Biofuel Policy

Blog8 April 2022648Views 0Likes 0Comments

In recent years, the government has been aggressively encouraging the use of biofuel as one of the main alternatives to fuel oil. However, many constraints and impacts on the economic, social, and environmental side arise in this biofuel use program. The world’s biggest palm oil producer, and exporter, Indonesia, will push ahead with its ambitious…

Accelerate Decarbonization for a Sustainable Future

Event Coverage22 March 2022642Views 0Likes 0Comments

Makassar, 22 March 2022 – Accelerating the use of clean energy is a fundamental point in ensuring the future of the economy and other sectors is maintained in the context of sustainability. This was raised in the Sustainability Forum held by PT Vale Indonesia Tbk on Tuesday (22/03). The activity raised the theme…

NRE Bill is Ineffective in Supporting Energy Transition in Indonesia

Press Release21 March 20221KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, March 21, 2022 - Entering the harmonization stage in the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), the New Renewable Energy Bill (NRE Bill) is seen as deviating from the goal of encouraging the energy transition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 or as soon as possible. At the plenary meeting of the harmonization…

Financier’s Club: Financing Solar Energy in Indonesia – Discusses Solar Energy Financing Issues in Energy Transition

Event Coverage18 March 2022744Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 18 March 2022- The financing of energy transition in Indonesia, especially in the Solar PV Power Plant, needs to be mobilized immediately. The technical potential of solar energy in Indonesia is enormous. Based on a study from the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), the potential of solar energy in Indonesia is up to…

IPP Track: Support Private Sector Usage of Solar Power Plants to Achieve Paris Agreement Targets

Event Coverage15 March 2022942Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 15 March 2022 – Indonesia has potential natural resources that can be allocated to develop solar power plants. Besides, solar power plants as renewable energy are feasible to create and reasonably competitive in price; hence solar might support the achievement of Indonesia’s renewable energy mix and emission reduction targets. Ahead of the Indonesia Solar…