14 September 2023
Indonesia communities lodge complaint against World Bank for ‘indirectly backing’ new coal plants
Ecobusiness-Locals and advocacy groups in Indonesia have filed a complaint with…
12 September 2023
Coal Plant Costs Indonesia $1 Billion in Health Loss, Study Says
Bloomberg-Cleaning up one coal power plant near Jakarta could save Indonesia…
6 September 2023
Southeast Asian leaders urged to prioritize clean energy shift to avoid climate ‘catastrophe’
Philstar Global-Climate activists on Wednesday called on Southeast Asian…
6 September 2023
【共同プレスリリース】気候変動問題に取り組むアジアの市民団体がASEAN首脳に要請「日本の汚いエネルギー戦略を拒否し、風力・太陽光発電の拡大を」
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25 August 2023
Neue Gefahr für Indonesiens Wälder
Das Verfeuern von Holzbiomasse in Europa ist eine riesige Gefahr für unsere…
18 August 2023
‘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.…
27 July 2023
As EVs surge, so does nickel mining’s death toll
Rest of World-At 6 a.m. on January 14, the sun was starting to rise over North…
18 July 2023
Singapore looks elsewhere amid doubt over RI green power exports
The Jakarta Post-Singapore is looking to other ASEAN countries as alternatives…
16 July 2023
Zombie Supply Chains
The Wire China-Sukanto Tanoto beamed as he shook Xi Jinping’s hand. It was…
10 July 2023
The rush for nickel: ‘They are destroying our future’
BBC-Two men are carrying torches and homemade arrows as they slip into the…
19 May 2023
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…
4 May 2023
Govt allows foreign entities to buy carbon credits from Indonesia
The Jakarta Post-The government has decided to allow foreign entities to…
6 April 2023
EU deforestation regulation not effective: civil groups
The Jakarta Post-Environmentalists have given a mixed reaction to the European…
13 March 2023
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…
9 March 2023
Indonesia aims to use gas in foreign-funded energy transition; critics cry foul
Mongabay-Activists have lambasted the Indonesian government’s proposal to…
2 March 2023
Debate erupts over Japan-backed transition finance guidelines for S-E Asia
The Business Times-A Singapore-based social enterprise is criticising two sets…
10 January 2023
Energy Round Up
Katadata (The Insights)-Indonesia and a group of developed countries…
23 December 2022
Indonesia’s Bumpy Clean Energy Transition
Fair Planet-Indonesia obtained billions from G20 countries to meet its climate…
21 December 2022
Nuevo plan climático de Indonesia: Avances lentos pero cambios inminentes
Reporte Asia-El último plan climático de Indonesia, publicado poco antes de las…
19 December 2022
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…
15 December 2022
Vietnam kömürden çıkış için 15,5 milyar dolar destek alacak
G7 ülkeleri, Danimarka ve Norveç, Vietnam'a Adil Geçiş Ortaklığı kapsamında…
14 December 2022
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…
5 December 2022
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…
18 November 2022
RI’s $20b climate deal requires eye on debt: Experts
The Jakarta Post-A recently announced international climate financing deal will…
17 November 2022
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…
16 November 2022
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…
15 November 2022
Wealthy Nations Offer Indonesia $20 Billion to Curb Coal
The deal is the most ambitious effort yet by the United States and European…
12 November 2022
Estados Unidos decepciona con su primer anuncio en la COP27
La Administración Biden presenta un nuevo mercado de compensación de emisiones……
1 November 2022
THE TRUE COST OF CHINA’S BRI PROJECTS IN INDONESIA
Indonesia is supporting China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) foreign policy by…
11 October 2022
Indonesian banks prop up coal industry increasingly shunned by outside lenders
Mongabay-Indonesia’s four largest banks handed out loans totaling $3.5 billion…
6 October 2022
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…
21 September 2022
Emissions and deforestation set to spike under Indonesia’s biomass transition
Mongabay—Indonesia’s program to wean itself off coal by burning it alongside…
30 August 2022
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…
7 June 2022
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…
17 May 2022
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…
8 April 2022
As G20 chair, coal-heavy Indonesia sends mixed signals on green transition
Thomson Reuters Foundation-Indonesia is using its stint as G20 president to…
30 March 2022
Indonesia’s gasification plans could be costly for budget and environment
Mongabay--In late January, Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo…
10 February 2022
Land rights controversy shakes up capital relocation plan
Jakarta Post-Nusantara, the government’s new capital city project, is facing…
21 January 2022
Banks Urged to Stop Financing Coal-Related Businesses
Tempo.co--A group called the 'clean Indonesia coalition' on Friday launched a…
12 January 2022
Indonesia’s coal gasification plans move forward, despite coal pledge
China Dialogue--Indonesia’s plans to build a new national coal gasification…
10 January 2022
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…
14 December 2021
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…
14 December 2021
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…
1 December 2021
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…
5 November 2021
Greening Indonesia proves a dirty job but Joko has to do it
Sidney Morning Herald---When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the…
28 October 2021
Indonesia’s ‘green’ electricity plan undermines its climate vows, activists say
Mongabay, Jakarta—Indonesia’s new 10-year plan for electricity generation…
29 September 2021
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…
5 August 2021
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…
11 June 2021
Net zero commitment and the need to halt coal energy
The Jakarta Post-State electricity company PLN has recently pledged to stop…
8 June 2021
Indonesia to retire coal-fired power plants while also adding more
JAKARTA — Indonesia says it will begin retiring coal-fired power plants for…
3 May 2021
Indonesia’s extractive industry vulnerable to natural disasters: Report
Thousands of mines, power plants and other facilities in the extractive…
14 April 2021
Pollution and foreign debt: Indonesia’s unhealthy addiction to coal
Over the years, married couple Edi Suriana and Masitah have grown accustomed to…
11 March 2021
Never mind the mercury: Indonesia says coal ash isn’t hazardous
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has declared coal ash is no longer a…
28 December 2020
The Dumb Dream of Turning Coal to Gas Just Won’t Die
Gizmodo-The process of turning coal—possibly the most carbon-intensive and…
30 June 2020
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…
27 June 2020
Activists, Residents Demand South Korea withdraw from Banten Power Plant Projects
Dozens of environmentalists and residents of Banten staged a rally in front of…
17 December 2019
Civil Coalition Deems Jokowi’s Capital Relocation Plan Ambitious
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Several NGOs joined in the civil society coalition dubbed…
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15 November 2023
A petition to hold Enviva accountable to communities on forests.
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19 October 2023
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19 October 2023
Press Release
Jokowi-Biden Talks on Critical Minerals Should Focus on Rights, Coal Phaseout Urgent Action Needed to Cut Emissions in Supply Chains for Electric Vehicles
Urgent Action Needed to Cut Emissions in Supply Chains for Electric Vehicles November 10, 2023-Indonesia should…
10 November 2023
It’s Time to Go Beyond Burning Forest Biomass for Energy!
NGOs from all over the world protest together today on the International Day of Action on Big Biomass. #BigBadBiomass…
19 October 2023
World Bank is backing dozens of new coal projects, despite climate pledge
New research shows that the International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group, is providing back-door…
5 October 2023
Research
The Technical Assistance Paradox: How World Bank and ADB advisory services are ‘assisting’ dependency on fossil gas
A paradox persists in the World Bank Group (WBG)’s and Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s commitment to…
29 November 2023
Tread Lightly: Why IFIs should put people and the environment at the centre of the transition mineral supply chain
The urgent need to keep temperatures below 1.5oC of global warming will require a rapid transition from…
28 November 2023