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Tax Reform for Climate Financing in Asia

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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…

Driving Green Industry Transformation and Carbon Market Opportunities for Economic Growth

Event Coverage21 August 202545Views 0Likes 0Comments

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,…

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

Press Release12 August 2025348Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

Indonesia Must Seriously Develop an Integrated Solar Industry

Press Release5 August 2025684Views 0Likes 1Comment

Jakarta, August 5, 2025 - The 2025–2060 National Energy Policy targets increasing demand for solar power plants, reaching up to 108.7 GW by 2060. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto emphasized that the utilization of renewable energy, particularly solar energy, is a strategic step toward achieving energy independence, starting from rural areas. Similarly,…

Indonesia Taps Strategic Momentum at Regional Energy Transition Dialogue (RETD) to Accelerate National Energy Security

Event Coverage1 August 2025204Views 1Like 0Comments

Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy (CASE) for Southeast Asia Consortium holds another Regional Energy Transition Dialogue (RETD) 2025 to reconvene and discuss the plan ahead for Southeast Asia’s energy future. Representatives from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam sit together and share their challenges and opportunities to push for renewable energy to achieve climate goals both…

Emissions Reduction as a Prime Foundation for Becoming a Developed Country

Event Coverage29 July 2025289Views 1Like 0Comments

Jakarta, July 26, 2025- “If Indonesia wants its economy to grow above six percent, then we must integrate emissions reduction efforts with the use of renewable energy. It’s as simple as that,” emphasized Fabby Tumiwa, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), at the seminar “Finding Balance Between Resilience and…

Cultivating Climate-Friendly Behavior in Cities

Event Coverage28 July 2025353Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, July 23, 2025 - Climate change is now a real threat to life. Increasing global warming makes the earth increasingly vulnerable to various risks, such as increasingly frequent natural disasters, extreme weather, and the emergence of disease outbreaks. Unfortunately, many of these issues have not been comprehensively addressed and have the potential to cause…

Urban Areas on Java Island Are the Highest Contributors to Individual Carbon Emissions

Press Release23 July 2025295Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, July 23, 2025 – Human activities are the primary contributors to the increase in atmospheric carbon emissions. These emissions are driving the climate crisis, leading to a rise in hydrometeorological disasters. 2024 was a record-breaking year with the hottest average temperature, reaching 1.47 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial average temperatures. The Institute for Essential Services…

Impact of the Indonesia-US Import Tariff Agreement

Blog18 July 20252KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, July 17, 2025 - Indonesia received a 19% reciprocal tariff from the United States. This tariff was achieved after negotiations. The United States previously announced that Indonesia would be subject to a 32% tariff on its products exported to the United States. As part of the offer for this tariff reduction, the United States…

Report Launching Indonesia Sustainable Mobility Outlook 2025

7 July 2025570Views 0Likes 0Comments

Replay Event Backgorund Decarbonization of the transportation sector is an important strategy to achieve the net-zero target by 2060 or earlier and meet Indonesia's emission reduction target according to the Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution. Based on the Indonesia Energy Transition Outlook 2025 (IETO 2025 ) report by IESR, in 2023 the transportation sector produced…

Dissemination Webinar of Island Studies Based on 100% Renewable Energy and Flexibility in Electric Power Systems

7 July 2025343Views 0Likes 0Comments

Replay Event Background In the Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (ENDC) document, the Indonesian government has set a target of reducing energy sector emissions by 358 million tons of CO₂eq by 2030 through domestic efforts. In line with this, Indonesia is also committed to achieving Net-Zero Emissions (NZE) in the energy sector no later than…

Study Launching Results of 100% Renewable Energy Based Island and Flexibility in Electric Power System

24 June 2025598Views 0Likes 0Comments

Replay Streamking Background In the Enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (ENDC) report, the Indonesian government targets that by 2030, emission reduction in the energy sector will reach 358 million tons of CO2eq with its own efforts (CM1). In line with this goal, the Indonesian government is also committed to achieving Net-Zero Emission in the energy…