Promoting Energy Management Practices in Government Buildings

Jakarta, August 28, 2025 - Implementing energy management in government buildings is essential to advancing energy conservation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, understanding and expertise in applying energy management practices among civil servants remain limited. To address this, the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), through the Sustainable Energy Transition Indonesia (SETI) project, organized…

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Encouraging Public and Industry Participation to Achieve Bali’s Net Zero Emissions (NZE) 2045

Denpasar, August 25, 2025 - "With the dominance of the tourism sector, electricity demand in Bali is expected to continue to grow until 2045–2050. Therefore, in addition to calculating energy needs, it is important to prepare infrastructure that supports the transition to clean energy. The most realistic solution is to utilize rooftop solar power plants…

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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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Webinar Financing Climate Action, Green Development, and Energy Transition in Asia: The Role of Innovative Taxation and Global Reform of Tax Systems

Replay Streaming Background Many countries across Asia are facing a triple crisis, the challenges of climate vulnerability, mounting fiscal pressures, and rising inequality. There is an urgent need to mobilise vast resources for climate action, sustainable development, and a just energy transition. This situation is pushing the issue of innovative taxation as an intriguing…

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

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…

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Emissions Reduction as a Prime Foundation for Becoming a Developed Country

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…

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