Tax Reform for Climate Financing in Asia

Jakarta, 26 August 2025 - Global South countries currently need trillions of dollars to finance climate resilience projects and a just transition. The new UN Tax Convention is an opportunity to seek innovative financing through multinational collaborations, ensuring that wealthy individuals pay higher taxes fairly and aligning tax architectures with a country's climate targets. Arief…

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Driving the Acceleration of Green Industry in Central Java

Semarang, August 21, 2025 – Central Java plays a strategic role in supporting Indonesia’s national economy through its continuously expanding industrial sector. In 2024, the manufacturing industry emerged as the largest contributor to the provincial economy, accounting for approximately 33.84 percent of the regional GDP, according to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of…

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Driving Green Industry Transformation and Carbon Market Opportunities for Economic Growth

Jakarta, August 20, 2025 – The industrial sector is a main pillar of the national economy in 2025, with the processing industry’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), reaching 16.92%. The growth of the manufacturing sector increased by 5.60% year-on-year, surpassing the national economic growth rate of 5.12%. Throughout the first semester of 2025,…

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IESR Emphasizes Industrial and Electricity Market Transformation to Deputy Speaker of the MPR RI

Jakarta, August 11, 2025 - The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) is urging that the Draft Law on New and Renewable Energy (EBET) and the Draft Law on Electricity can address Indonesia's energy transition challenges and become an effective legal framework to accelerate the development of renewable energy. IESR hopes that these regulations can…

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Unraveling the Challenges of the Energy Transition in Southeast Asia

Putra Jaya, July 24, 2025 - Malaysia's ASEAN 2025 leadership is themed "Inclusivity and Sustainability." This theme aims to encourage energy system transformation that prioritizes not only technical transformation of the energy system but also the humanistic side. One of its main focuses is strengthening regional interconnectivity through the ASEAN power grid for energy integration…

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