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Implementation Check Methodology: a Much Needed Mechanism

Blog22 September 202320Views 0Likes 0Comments

New York, 21 September 2023 - The global community is urging global leaders to take serious actions to address climate change. During the COP 27 in Egypt, several countries renewed their commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving net zero emission status. However, there are still gaps between commitment and implementation of policy and…

Pushing the Role of Civil Society Organizations in ASEAN Transformation

Event Coverage22 May 202327Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 16 Mei 2023 - Indonesia’s role in international diplomacy continued after successfully hosting the G20 meeting in November 2022. This year, Indonesia holds the ASEAN chairmanship. ASEAN itself is an important region as it accounts for the biggest economic growth. In terms of economic growth, ASEAN will have 4,3% of economic growth according to…

Learning from the US How to Seize the Climate Opportunity

Event Coverage16 September 202218Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 13 September 2022 - To combat the climate crisis, our action today will determine the economic, and sustainability of mankind in the long run. The IPCC report has already told us that the remaining time we have to hold the global temperature at 1.5 degree Celsius is limited. Global commitment to address climate change…

Public Lecture on “The US All-in Climate Policy and Action & Indonesia’s Priority Programs”

7 September 202216Views 0Likes 0Comments

Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), in collaboration with the Executive Office of the President, will hold a public lecture/seminar on the US All-In Climate Policy and Indonesia’s Development Priority and how the US-Indonesia relationship could serve both nations. The public lecture would invite Prof. Nathan Hultman, Ph.D. from the Center for the Global Sustainability…

What can the G20 Power Utility Companies do to Address the Climate Crisis?

Event Coverage6 September 202235Views 0Likes 0Comments

Bali, 29 August 2022 - The electricity sector is one of the biggest emitters after the forest and land use sectors. As the window of opportunity to keep the global temperature at the 1.5 degrees level is getting tighter, the urge to decarbonize the electricity sector is becoming more and more crucial. Power utility companies…

Indonesia Needs not only Energy Transition, but The Accelerated One

Blog6 June 202242Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, May 31, 2022 - The geopolitical conflicts that have occurred in the last few months have affected a number of global situations, one of which is the condition of energy supply. European Union countries that feel the impact of the disruption in energy supply have begun to look for various alternatives, both in the…

C20 Indonesia Urge for a Just Energy Transition

Event Coverage6 June 202221Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 30 June 2022 - Energy transition is one of the priority issues of Indonesia's 2022 G20 presidency. This role as the leader of the G20 countries is certainly a strategic momentum for Indonesia to show its commitment to the energy transition. The Paris Agreement in 2015 agreed to limit the earth's temperature increase to…

Indonesia Needs Inter-island Electricity Interconnection for 100 Percent Renewable Energy Development

Blog26 January 202265Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 26 January 2022 - The energy sector which is dominated by fossil energy accounts for ⅔ of global emissions. In order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions exponentially, massive use of renewable energy is an important thing to do. One of the efforts to empower 100 percent of the technical potential of renewable energy,…

Overseeing the Indonesia Government’s Strategy in Energy Transition in 2022

Press Release21 January 202241Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 18 January 2022 - Entering 2022, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources shared Indonesia's energy transition strategy in the "Press Conference on 2021 Performance Achievements and the 2022 Work Plan for Energy and Mineral Resources and the EBTKE Subsector". The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) views that even though the direction…

Showing Commitment, Indonesia is Ready for Early Retirement of Coal Power Plants

Blog12 November 202140Views 0Likes 0Comments

Throughout 2021, responding to the global demand for climate action to align with the Paris Agreement, Indonesia has updated several documents such as the NDC which targets carbon neutrality by 2060 or earlier and released the 'green' RUPTL which is claimed to provide more space for renewable energy. Recently, Indonesia stated that assessment about the…

COP26: A “Soundless” Recital by Jokowi

Blog5 November 202124Views 0Likes 0Comments

Many parties are waiting for President Joko Widodo's speech at COP26. Jokowi is expected to declare more ambitious commitments to reduce emissions and deal with climate change as well as to outline concrete steps towards net-zero emissions. Indonesia's strategic position as the leader of the G20 countries in 2022 should make Indonesia take one step…

COP 26, Indonesia Has No Ambitious Climate Action Breakthrough

Press Release3 November 202122Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 03 November - President Joko Widodo at the 26th World Leaders Summit on Climate Change or COP-26 did not announce a firm statement about increasing Indonesia's climate ambitions. The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) views that the Indonesian government should be using this moment to lead and encourage the G20 countries to set…