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iGST Southeast Asia Collaboration to Support the First Global Stocktake in ASEAN

Event Coverage28 October 2024819Views 0Likes 0Comments

Manila, October 17, 2024 - In 2015, the world's nations came together at COP21 to agree on the Paris Agreement, which included a commitment to hold the Earth's temperature rise below 1.5oC. As a follow-up, the first Global Stocktake (GST) was held at COP28 as a mechanism to assess countries' performance in meeting their climate…

Regional Webinar : What Does Climate Finance Mean for Asia? – Lessons Learned from Southeast Asia, East Asia, and South Asia

25 October 2024560Views 0Likes 0Comments

Background Global temperatures are set to surpass the 1.5°C threshold above pre-industrial levels, a limit established to prevent the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. However, global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) fall significantly short. By 2030, emissions are projected to be reduced by only 11%, far below the necessary goal of halving…

Encouraging the Implementation of Just Energy Transition in the Regions in the Prabowo-Gibran Era

Press Release23 October 2024953Views 0Likes 0Comments

Palembang, October 23, 2024 - The inauguration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka on Sunday (20/10/2024) marks a shift in leadership to accelerate the energy transition in Indonesia. As a country committed to keeping the earth's temperature at 1.5 degrees Celsius, the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) encourages Indonesia to…

Awaiting the Direction of Energy Policy in the Prabowo-Gibran Era

Blog22 October 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, October 21, 2024 - Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka have been officially inaugurated as President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) for the 2024-2029 service period after taking the oath of office at the MPR RI Plenary Session at Nusantara Building, Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Sunday (20/10/2024). In his speech after…

Building a Bridge for Mangrove Ecotourism

Blog11 October 2024597Views 0Likes 0Comments

Cirebon, 28 September 2024 – Dozens of volunteers from various organizations gathered in neighborhood associations (RW) 09 Kesunean Selatan, Cirebon, to participate in a Waste Cleanup and Mangrove Seedling Planting event aimed at promoting sustainable mangrove conservation. The event was organized by the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Generasi Energi Bersih (GEN-B) Indonesia, GEN-B…

Strategy to Preserve Mangrove Forest by Establishing Ecotourism Area

Press Release30 September 2024708Views 0Likes 0Comments

Cirebon, September 28, 2024- RW 09 Kesunean Selatan has a mangrove forest area of 7.5 hectares, which can serve as a natural fortress that protects the area from flooding and tidal floods. However, the area continues to shrink due to other pressures, such as clearing paths to the sea, cutting down trees, and expanding settlements…

Energy Transition as an Option that Provides Long-term Economic Benefits

Blog30 September 2024723Views 0Likes 0Comments

Indonesia, as a developing country with the fourth-largest population in the world, continues to strive to maintain its economic growth at 6-7% in order to become a developed nation . To achieve the goal of Indonesia Emas 2045, the eighth elected president, Prabowo Subianto, has even promised to boost economic growth up…

Measuring Indonesia’s Financial Policy Support for Energy Transition

Blog27 September 2024876Views 0Likes 0Comments

New York, September 24, 2024 - The energy transition has become a crucial global agenda as an effort to mitigate climate change and prevent the world from greater climate change impacts if the 1.5-degree temperature increase limit (Paris Agreement) is exceeded. Indonesia as a signatory to the Paris Agreement has set this commitment through Law…

Encouraging Renewable Energy Development Through Joint Transmission Utilization

Press Release26 September 2024599Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 25 September 2024 - The establishment of a transmission network joint utilization scheme (wheeling) to accelerate the utilization of renewable energy in the New Energy and Renewable Energy Bill (EBET Bill) is still being discussed by the government and the House of Representatives (DPR). The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) encourages the implementation…

ASEAN Readiness to Welcome the Energy Transition Era

Event Coverage20 September 2024710Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, September 18, 2024 - ASEAN is a forum for inter-governmental cooperation that carries various priority issues. In Laos' chairmanship in 2024, the issue of energy transition is still one of the priority issues that ASEAN has raised again. Decarbonization of the energy sector, as a low-hanging fruit sector, has the potential to provide a…

ISEW 2024: Advancing a Golden Indonesia through a Just Energy Transition

Press Release10 September 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, September 10, 2024 - Indonesia envisions becoming one of the world's largest economies by 2045, known as Golden Indonesia. To achieve developed nation status, the country requires sustainable high economic growth and a reduction in GHG emissions to reach net zero by 2060 or sooner. One of the efforts to achieve Golden Indonesia 2045…

Global Businesses Call on Indonesia’s Government to Unlock the Country’s Renewables Investment Potential

Press Release9 September 2024842Views 0Likes 0Comments

Large international companies have strongly encouraged the country to increase its renewables target, allow more renewable sourcing options for corporates, and use these options to better channel private investment into quicker renewable energy roll out. Strong leadership on climate change will enhance Indonesia’s geopolitical standing, drive sustainable economic growth, and encourage substantial skilled job creation,…