By Climate Scorecard Indonesia Country Manager Ruby OrinOne best practice associated with wind power is construction impact mitigation. Given that...
Indonesia Climate Policy Recommendation: Implementation of Hydro Based Energy Plan
Indonesia’s Hydro Based Energy Plan aims to have 30% of the country’s energy derived from hydropower by 2035. Currently, Indonesia’s...
Indonesia Still Sources the Majority of its Electricity from Fossil Fuels
Indonesia’s total electricity consumption for the year 2018 was 263.32 Terawatt hours (TWh), nearly a 10-fold increase from their total...
Indonesia Has Seen a Whopping 313% Increase in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Since 1990
Latest Reported Greenhouse Gas Emission Levels: 542 Metric Tons in 2018; an Increase of 313.47% From 1990 Levels (IEA) In...
COVID-19 Sets Back Indonesia’s Progress on Climate Change Mitigation Goals
COVID-19 has been the focus of a majority of countries around the world this year and rightfully so. The virus...
Indonesia’s Center for International Forestry Research and World Resources Institute
The two most pressing mitigation areas in Indonesia are agriculture, especially palm oil cultivation, and forest management. Several research organizations...
Indonesia Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery Strategy Includes Environmental Deregulations
The draft omnibus law should ‘green’ Indonesia’s infrastructure and agriculture production Indonesia has lost 3 million jobs because of the...
In the 1960s, 80% of Indonesia’s Land-Cover Was Rainforest; Now It Is 50%
Indonesia is an equatorial country with significant tropical forest. These forests are the largest of their kind in Asia. Indonesia...
Indonesia Ignores Climate Considerations in Its Initial COVID-19 Economic Recovery Policies
Indonesia declared a state of public health emergency on March 2, 2020. The president created Government Regulation No. 21/2020 on...
Indonesia’s Efforts at Energy Sector Do Not Go Far Enough
The most major change to Indonesia’s energy policy was Government Regulation #49 setting targets for the energy mix by 2030....