Webinar Road to Indonesia Energy Transition Outlook 2026: “Toward a Green Future with Sustainable Building Transformation”

Background The progress and developments in Indonesia's energy transition are specifically reviewed in one of IESR's flagship reports, launched every year-end: the Indonesia Energy Transition Outlook (IETO). Published since 2018, IETO, formerly named the Indonesia Clean Energy Outlook (ICEO), aims to regularly monitor the progress and developments of Indonesia's energy transition, and to identify challenges…

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Reflection of the 47th ASEAN Summit: Current Conditions and the Role of Civil Society in Achieving ASEAN Vision 2045

Jakarta, November 6, 2025 – The UN Emission Gap Report 2025 states that, with current climate commitments from all countries worldwide, global warming is still on track to lead to a temperature rise of 2.2–2.5 degrees by 2100. Southeast Asia, as one of the fastest-growing economic regions, is also the region most impacted by the…

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Webinar The State of Economic Transformation in Coal-Producing Regions: Lessons from East Asia and Southeast Asia Region

Background Indonesia’s coal-producing regions—such as East Kalimantan and South Sumatra—have long relied on fossil fuel extraction as a major source of income and employment. However, as global and national commitments to carbon neutrality accelerate, these regions face the dual challenge of sustaining economic growth while phasing-down coal dependence. A just and inclusive economic transformation is…

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Meet with the Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly: Young People Bring Clean Energy Ideas

Jakarta, 31 October 2025 — The Clean Energy Generation (Gen-B) civil society movement held a meeting with Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR RI), Eddy Soeparno, at the Nusantara III Building, DPR/DPD/MPR RI Complex, Senayan, Jakarta on Wednesday (29/10). This meeting marked an important moment for Indonesia’s young generation to voice their…

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Towards COP30: Indonesia’s SNDC Fails to Reflect President Prabowo’s 100% Renewable Energy Ambition

Jakarta, October 29, 2025 - Indonesia has submitted its Second Nationally Determined Contribution (SNDC) document to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on Monday (27/10). The submission of the document took place after the Indonesian government, through the Ministry of Environment, held a public consultation on the SNDC on…

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Three Reasons Indonesia’s SNDC Must Be Ambitious 

Jakarta, October 22, 2025 - As the Conference of Parties (COP) 30 approaches, 99 signatories to the Paris Agreement have submitted Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) documents as a commitment to reducing GHG emissions and curbing global warming.   Indonesia is currently in the process of drafting its Second Nationally Determined Contribution (SNDC). Indonesia's SNDC document…

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Draft NDC 3.0 Fails to Show Targets and Actions that Respond to the Climate Crisis

Jakarta, October 20, 2025 – Hot temperatures and weather anomalies are currently hitting various regions in Indonesia. Although considered a seasonal phenomenon, the rise in global temperatures due to increased concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere has worsened their intensity. The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) urges the Government of Indonesia to…

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