Indonesia communities lodge complaint against World Bank for ‘indirectly backing’ new coal plants
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Coal Plant Costs Indonesia $1 Billion in Health Loss, Study Says
Bloomberg-Cleaning up one coal power plant near Jakarta could save Indonesia…
Southeast Asian leaders urged to prioritize clean energy shift to avoid climate ‘catastrophe’
Philstar Global-Climate activists on Wednesday called on Southeast Asian…
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Neue Gefahr für Indonesiens Wälder
Das Verfeuern von Holzbiomasse in Europa ist eine riesige Gefahr für unsere…
‘Even the Wind Was Black’: Locals Bear Cost of Indonesia’s Coal Habit
Reporting Asean-To Jeani, it feels like all she did in 2022 was clean her home.…
As EVs surge, so does nickel mining’s death toll
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Singapore looks elsewhere amid doubt over RI green power exports
The Jakarta Post-Singapore is looking to other ASEAN countries as alternatives…
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The Wire China-Sukanto Tanoto beamed as he shook Xi Jinping’s hand. It was…
The rush for nickel: ‘They are destroying our future’
BBC-Two men are carrying torches and homemade arrows as they slip into the…
How ‘serious’ can US really be on Indonesia green energy if it pumps cash into oil site?
South China Morning Post-At the G20 summit in Bali in November, Indonesia and…
Govt allows foreign entities to buy carbon credits from Indonesia
The Jakarta Post-The government has decided to allow foreign entities to…
EU deforestation regulation not effective: civil groups
The Jakarta Post-Environmentalists have given a mixed reaction to the European…
Indonesia: Unsafe working conditions at Chinese-owned nickel smelters led to 76 injuries and 57 deaths from 2015 to 2020, CSO report says
Business Human Rights-Smelters in Indonesia, owned mainly by overseas…
Indonesia aims to use gas in foreign-funded energy transition; critics cry foul
Mongabay-Activists have lambasted the Indonesian government’s proposal to…
Debate erupts over Japan-backed transition finance guidelines for S-E Asia
The Business Times-A Singapore-based social enterprise is criticising two sets…
Energy Round Up
Katadata (The Insights)-Indonesia and a group of developed countries…
Indonesia’s Bumpy Clean Energy Transition
Fair Planet-Indonesia obtained billions from G20 countries to meet its climate…
Nuevo plan climático de Indonesia: Avances lentos pero cambios inminentes
Reporte Asia-El último plan climático de Indonesia, publicado poco antes de las…
Indonesia’s new climate plan: Slow progress but change imminent
The improved national targets are still a long way from a 1.5C pathway finds…
Vietnam kömürden çıkış için 15,5 milyar dolar destek alacak
G7 ülkeleri, Danimarka ve Norveç, Vietnam'a Adil Geçiş Ortaklığı kapsamında…
Rich nations mobilise $15.5bn for Vietnam’s coal-to-clean transition
The deal will help Vietnam to peak its greenhouse gas emissions five years…
Despite a $20 Billion Deal for A Transition to Clean Energy, Indonesia Plans to Construct Coal Plants!
Enviro360-Despite a recent $20 billion agreement with the G7 group of…
RI’s $20b climate deal requires eye on debt: Experts
The Jakarta Post-A recently announced international climate financing deal will…
Une du jour. Transition énergétique : pour les pays pauvres, gare au cercle infernal de l’endettement
Selon des économistes indonésiens, la déclaration commune du G20 sur la…
Indonesia seals $20 billion deal with G7 to speed up clean energy transition
Mongabay-Indonesia has struck a historic deal with the G7 group of…
Wealthy Nations Offer Indonesia $20 Billion to Curb Coal
The deal is the most ambitious effort yet by the United States and European…
Estados Unidos decepciona con su primer anuncio en la COP27
La Administración Biden presenta un nuevo mercado de compensación de emisiones……
THE TRUE COST OF CHINA’S BRI PROJECTS IN INDONESIA
Indonesia is supporting China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) foreign policy by…
Indonesian banks prop up coal industry increasingly shunned by outside lenders
Mongabay-Indonesia’s four largest banks handed out loans totaling $3.5 billion…
World Bank ‘has given nearly $15bn to fossil fuel projects since Paris deal’
A group of 50 NGOs found that bank and subsidiaries had funded oil refinery and…
Emissions and deforestation set to spike under Indonesia’s biomass transition
Mongabay—Indonesia’s program to wean itself off coal by burning it alongside…
Biomass cofiring loopholes put coal on open-ended life support in Asia
Mongabay-Amid calls for developed nations to phase out coal use by 2030, and…
A US company is quietly building a massive coal-to-gas plant – in Indonesia
Energy Monitor-In January 2022, Indonesia broke ground on a $2.3bn coal…
IN FOCUS: Indonesia wants to bag EV riches, but locals are split over what it means for them
Channel News Asia-Farmer Ratna, 65, had been walking barefoot for 40 minutes…
As G20 chair, coal-heavy Indonesia sends mixed signals on green transition
Thomson Reuters Foundation-Indonesia is using its stint as G20 president to…
Indonesia’s gasification plans could be costly for budget and environment
Mongabay--In late January, Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo…
Land rights controversy shakes up capital relocation plan
Jakarta Post-Nusantara, the government’s new capital city project, is facing…
Banks Urged to Stop Financing Coal-Related Businesses
Tempo.co--A group called the 'clean Indonesia coalition' on Friday launched a…
Indonesia’s coal gasification plans move forward, despite coal pledge
China Dialogue--Indonesia’s plans to build a new national coal gasification…
As blackouts loom, Indonesia’s energy crisis underscores its addiction to coal
Eco Business--An abrupt ban on coal exports by the Indonesian government for…
World Bank’s Development Policy Finance: still funding fossil fuels and unsustainable energy models
Eco Business--The World Bank’s budget (or policy) support to key countries in…
China’s pivot from funding coal plants to gasification slammed as more of the same
Mongabay--When China announced, in late September, that it would stop financing…
Indonesia’s new plan for coal: It pollutes land and air, so why not the sea too?
JAKARTA—Having already declared coal ash non-hazardous waste, the Indonesian…
Greening Indonesia proves a dirty job but Joko has to do it
Sidney Morning Herald---When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the…
Indonesia’s ‘green’ electricity plan undermines its climate vows, activists say
Mongabay, Jakarta—Indonesia’s new 10-year plan for electricity generation…
World Bank’s plans for Indonesia: Delayed action on climate and continued coal and gas support
Brettonwoods Project-Indonesian civil society organisations (CSOs) have raised…
Indonesia’s coal phaseout is just more business as usual, report says
Mongabay—Indonesia’s plan to phase out coal is a mere rebranding of an existing…
Net zero commitment and the need to halt coal energy
The Jakarta Post-State electricity company PLN has recently pledged to stop…
Indonesia to retire coal-fired power plants while also adding more
JAKARTA — Indonesia says it will begin retiring coal-fired power plants for…
Indonesia’s extractive industry vulnerable to natural disasters: Report
Thousands of mines, power plants and other facilities in the extractive…
Pollution and foreign debt: Indonesia’s unhealthy addiction to coal
Over the years, married couple Edi Suriana and Masitah have grown accustomed to…
Never mind the mercury: Indonesia says coal ash isn’t hazardous
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has declared coal ash is no longer a…
The Dumb Dream of Turning Coal to Gas Just Won’t Die
Gizmodo-The process of turning coal—possibly the most carbon-intensive and…
South Korea to Pump Public Money Into New Indonesian Coal Despite Green Election Pledges
A South Korean public institution has announced it will back a controversial…
Activists, Residents Demand South Korea withdraw from Banten Power Plant Projects
Dozens of environmentalists and residents of Banten staged a rally in front of…
Civil Coalition Deems Jokowi’s Capital Relocation Plan Ambitious
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