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Indonesia’s Emission Reduction Ambition Needs to Increase

Press Release5 December 20235KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, December 4, 2023 - The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) hopes the United Nations Climate Summit (Conference of the Parties, COP-28) will strengthen the commitment of all countries, including Indonesia, to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. According to the results of the Global Stocktake, the promise and realization of emission reductions are…

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

Media Coverage4 December 2023666Views 0Likes 0Comments

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. Read…

Engaging the Youth Generation on Energy Transition Issues

Press Release24 November 2023866Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, November 24, 2023 - The impact of the climate crisis is increasingly felt as the earth's temperature rises. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report states that the earth's temperature has increased by 1.1°C in 2011-2020 compared to 1850-1900. Serious mitigation and climate action efforts must be carried out to reduce greenhouse…

Webinar The Importance of Energy Transition for Children and Young People

20 November 2023621Views 0Likes 0Comments

Background Indonesia is the fourth country with the highest number of children in the world. About one-third of Indonesia's population is made up of children. According to BPS Interim Population Projection 2020–2023 data, in 2022, the number of children aged 0–17 years was 29.15%, or 79,486,424 people. Meanwhile, young people aged 15–34 are approximately 89…

Stocktaking the Climate Action in Southeast Asia

Blog15 November 2023649Views 0Likes 0Comments

Johor Bahru, 15 November 2023 - In achieving the agenda of global energy transition, the Southeast Asia region is taking measures to climate action including its non-state actors. Meaningful participation from non-state actors is crucial in observing the currently running policies and providing input for future improvements. Stocktaking becomes a crucial activity to track the…

Capacity Building for Sub National Government in the Era of Just Transition

Event Coverage31 October 2023864Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 26 October 2023 - The energy transition currently being discussed will have a significant impact on the use of fossil fuels such as coal. Various countries have committed to reducing the use of fossil fuels as one of the key actions in their energy transition. Fossil producing countries such as Indonesia need to be…

Kompas | Not Just Talking About People in Jakarta

Media Coverage17 October 2023858Views 0Likes 0Comments

On 8-11 August 2023, Kompas Research and Development held an opinion poll regarding energy transition in Indonesia. When asked whether respondents were aware that the Indonesian Government was intensively carrying out energy transition activities from fossil to renewable energy, 65.7 percent answered that they did not know. However, when asked whether respondents knew about the issue of global warming which…

Indonesia Needs to Increase its Efforts to Transition Towards Green Economy to Achieve NZE

Press Release18 August 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 18 August 2023 - The President of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) Joko Widodo (Jokowi), in his state address for the 78th Indonesian Independence Day, which also served as an introduction to the 2024 state budget bill and 2024 financial note stated that the 2024 state budget is directed toward accelerating economic transformation that…

Kompas | Capability and Funding Needs for Mitigation of Climate Change Unequal

Media Coverage14 August 2023678Views 0Likes 0Comments

Indonesia's funding capabilities and needs for climate change mitigation and adaptation are lame. Therefore, the government's policy direction is on two things, namely optimizing the state revenue and expenditure budget or APBN and encouraging the mobilization of funding sources outside the APBN. Read more on Kompas.

Kompas | Community Involvement is the Key to Accelerating Climate Change Management in ASEAN

Media Coverage16 May 2023588Views 0Likes 0Comments

Handling climate change has become one of the main focuses in holding the 2023 ASEAN Summit in Indonesia some time ago. Read more on Kompas.com

A Moment of Reflection on Ourselves and Our Climate Targets

Blog11 May 2023851Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 11 May 2023 - This year’s Earth Day is quite a unique one as it falls on the day of Eid ul-Fitr, an Islamic celebration that marks the end of the month-long fasting of Ramadhan. Theologically, those who are successful in withholding all kinds of worldly desires during the holy month would see their…

Defining Just and Ensuring JETP Commitment

Blog4 May 2023773Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 18 April 2023 - Addressing the climate change issue needs not only commitment but it requires a huge amount of resources. Financing has become one of the biggest challenges for countries like Indonesia which rely on coal plants and need to transform them into renewable-based power generation to cut emissions from the power sector.…