Accelerating the Energy Transition and Driving the Narrative to Achieve a Golden Indonesia 2045

Jakarta, 10 September 2024 - The energy transition plays a key role in realizing the vision of a Golden Indonesia 2045, where Indonesia aspires to become a developed country with a sustainable economy balanced with efforts to reduce emissions. Reducing dependence on fossil energy and shifting to renewable energy is an important step in achieving…

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IESR Recommendations for an Ambitious, Fair, Credible, and Transparent SNDC

Jakarta, August 30, 2024 - The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) has submitted an initial draft of the Second Nationally Determined Contribution (SNDC) or Second NDC document at a public consultation (08/20/2024). Looking at the SNDC draft, the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) assesses that Indonesia's climate target has not shown the most…

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Decarbonizing the Transportation Sectors

The transport sector, with its extensive emissions, significantly contributes to the energy sector. In 2022, Indonesia's transport sector emitted 150 MtCO2, with the road transport sector contributing 90% (IETO, 2023 ). To delve deeper, 70% of emissions are from road passengers, and 20% from road freight. Decarbonizing the transport sector is a complex task that…

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

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…

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