Tirto | Uncovering the Causes of Low Carbon Trading in Indonesia

Indonesia’s carbon trading initiative is yet to gain momentum. Despite its launch by President Joko Widodo on September 26, 2023, the total trading value on the Indonesian carbon exchange has only reached Rp30.7 billion. The trading volume so far has been 490,716 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) until November 30, 2023. Additionally, 71.95 percent of the available carbon still needs to be sold.

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Kontan | Here’s The Description of the Cirebon 1 CFPP Transaction will be Completed in the First Semester of 2024

The Cirebon 1 Coal Fired Power Plant (CFPP) will have its operational life shortened by seven years, and it is now expected to operate only until December 2035 instead of July 2042. The project has secured funding commitments from the Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM) scheme, and the transaction is expected to be finalized in the first half of 2024.

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Jakarta Post | Indonesia’s Call for Support in COP28 shows ‘No New’ Commitment

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s call for more support from rich countries for their developing counterparts in tackling the climate crisis has left environmentalists unimpressed, who criticize the speech for “giving nothing new” despite global putting pressure on countries to do more to avoid the worst impacts of the crisis.

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Kompas | The Inevitability of Oil and Gas Companies in the Midst of the Climate Change Regime

The day before the opening of the 28th Climate Change Conference or COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Thursday (30/11/2023), a press release circulated regarding the resignation of the current President of COP28 this, Sultan Al Jaber, from the position of Chief Executive of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the UAE’s national oil company.

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Koran Jakarta | Indonesia Needs to Strengthen Climate Diplomacy

The Indonesian government needs to intensify climate diplomacy in various international forums because the threat of climate change is increasingly real. As an illustration, Antarctica and Greenland are currently melting three times faster than in the early 1990s, potentially causing climate chaos in the future.

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Kompas | One Year Passes the Promise of IDR 300 Trillion JETP Program

About a year ago, in the series of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia “was showered” with funding commitments for the energy transition of 20 billion US dollars in the Just Energy program. Transition Partnership or JETP. We continue to try to fulfill this commitment. On the other hand, the portion of grants in JETP is very minimal and is dominated by soft loans.

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