Electric Vehicles Can Reduce Carbon Emissions in the Transportation Sector

Jakarta, June 7, 2024 - The Government should take more robust measures to promote the reduction of carbon emissions in the land transportation sector. Transportation is one of Indonesia's significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions sources. This was revealed by Faris Adnan Padhilah, Research Coordinator of the Energy Demand Management Section, Institute for Essential Services Reform…

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Launch of Report on Identifying Financing Needs for an Equitable Transformation of Indonesia’s Electricity Sector

Background As one of the largest coal consuming and producing countries, Indonesia is ranked 6th as a global greenhouse gas emitter with a share of 3.11% of total global emissions (Climatewatch, 2024). In 2020 alone, the energy sector became the largest contributor to emissions, following the forestry and land sectors that have almost always dominated…

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Farah Vianda

Looking at the Integration of Corporate Environmental Management Performance Assessment in Sustainable Taxonomy

Jakarta, April 25, 2024- Indonesia's sustainable development requires economic activities that consider environmental and social aspects. To support this, the Government of Indonesia, through the Financial Services Authority (OJK), transformed the Indonesian Green Taxonomy Edition 1.0 into the Taxonomy for Indonesian Sustainable Finance (TKBI) in February 2024. TKBI classifies economic activities that balance economic, environmental,…

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Dialogue on Equitable Transition: Identifying the Role of the Private Sector in Socio-Economic Empowerment of Communities

Replay Event Background Indonesia is the third largest coal producing country after India and China in 2022. According to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia targets coal production of 694.5 million tons in 2023, 0.47% higher than the previous year's target. As of October 2023, Indonesia's coal production has reached 567.2 tons or…

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Implementing the Energy Transition: Policies in Colombia, Germany, India, Indonesia and South Africa

Background The Global Stocktake is clear: All countries need to raise their ambition to curb their emissions effectively, to a degree that is fair to their development status. But ambitious targets are not sufficient on their own; policies need to be in place and be implemented effectively. Climate Transparency’s new Climate Policy Implementation Check has been…

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