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Opportunity to Achieve Renewable Energy Mix Target through Energy Policy Update and Industrial Decarbonization

Press Release3 July 2024255Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, July 3, 2024- To limit the rise of the earth's temperature that causes a climate crisis, Indonesia needs to accelerate using renewable energy as a greenhouse gas emission reduction strategy to achieve net zero emissions (NZE) by 2060 or sooner. However, the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) believes that achieving the renewable energy…

Financing Energy Transition: What Should Be Done to Attract Private Investors to Chip in Indonesia’s Energy Transition Era

Blog30 June 202452Views 0Likes 0Comments

The energy transition era in Indonesia began more than a decade ago, when the Directorate General of New and Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE) was established in 2010 as the official government institution dedicated to energy transformation. However, the development of renewable energy is still far from achieving the national ambitious goals. Indonesia aims…

On the balance beam: Indonesia’s quest in Mobilizing International support for its Climate Action

Blog24 June 2024148Views 0Likes 0Comments

By 2023, Indonesia only achieved 13.1% of renewable energy share , a long way to go to achieve the national target of 23% renewables by 2025. The flow of investment on renewables is also lagging behind, with only a total of USD 1.5 billion in 2023. As a developing nation, it is inevitable…

Early Energy Transition Education

Blog31 May 2024201Views 0Likes 0Comments

As a human being, we want to leave a legacy - a lasting impact for many years to come. Some want to leave in writings, song's lyrics, or poems. Others want to leave their marks in technology development, new theories, and inventions. In the same way that we inherit values and principles from our predecessors,…

Preparing for the Energy Transition in South Sumatra

Blog29 May 2024439Views 0Likes 0Comments

Palembang, May 29, 2024 - The climate crisis has increased natural disasters, including floods, droughts, and more frequent extreme weather. Addressing the root cause, dependence on fossil fuels, particularly coal, is essential to mitigating these disasters. According to an IEA study, over 95% of global coal consumption occurs in countries committed to reducing emissions. Marlistya…

Indonesia Faces Hot Temperature: Health Threats and the Urgency of Climate Crisis Mitigation

Blog24 May 2024848Views 0Likes 0Comments

Indonesia Faces Hot Temperature. Dok Freepik Jakarta, May 22, 2024 - Indonesia recently experienced a hot air phenomenon. The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) confirmed this was not a heatwave. However, Climate Action Tracker (CAT) data shows that current policies worldwide will lead to a warming of around 2.7°C above pre-industrial levels. This underscores the…

Ways to Empowering Consumers to Achieve Indonesia’s Net Zero Emissions Goal

Blog31 March 2024362Views 0Likes 0Comments

On March 15 every year, people celebrate World Consumer Rights Day. It was first commemorated in 1983 and aims to raise awareness about consumer rights and encourage governments and businesses to take action to protect consumer rights. Internationally, these include consumer rights to safety, to choose, to be informed, and to be heard …

Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Emissions are not Small

Event Coverage15 March 2024333Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 14 March 2024 - The industrial sector has become the backbone of the Indonesian economy. Not only large industries, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are also the driving force of the national economy, including creating employment opportunities and contributing 60.5% to GDP. However, this economic contribution figure is also accompanied by large, haunting emissions.…

Half-hearted Indonesian Climate Policy and Action

Event Coverage1 February 2024384Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 30 January 2024 - The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has declared 2023 as the hottest year. Historical records show that the earth's temperature continues to increase from year to year. To keep the earth's temperature rise to no more than 1.5 degrees, experts have recommended ensuring the world reaches peak global emissions in 2030…

Kompas | Indonesia Anxious 2045

Media Coverage22 January 2024277Views 0Likes 0Comments

Born into a family of farmers, until now my family has never bought rice. The rice available on the dining table is processed from the rice fields of our extended family. Because the production is quite a lot, in addition to being stored and cooked, it is also sold. Read more on Kompas.

Strengthening the Government’s Commitment in Mitigating Climate Change

Blog22 December 2023338Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 15 December 2023 - The Indonesian government continues to improve in terms of strengthening its commitment to climate change mitigation. Since starting to aggressively commit to climate mitigation in 2021, the Indonesian Government has continued to carry out follow-up actions through various assessments of funding commitments and creating decarbonization roadmaps in each sector. Nurcahyanto,…

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

Media Coverage8 December 2023190Views 0Likes 0Comments

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. Read more on Jakarta Post.