Indonesia supplies the EV industry with critical battery materials but the sector’s rapid expansion is threatening the rights of Indigenous peoples
An Indonesian official said it would levy $310 million in fines on growers of palm oil on land which should be forest
Since President Widodo launched Indonesia’s exchange two months ago, there’s been barely any trading of carbon credits
After its pleas for grants not loans fell mostly on deaf ears, Indonesia has watered down its plans to shut coal power plants early
A finance tool to shut down Asian coal plants up to a decade early will swing into action “soon”, says Asian Development Bank climate envoy
The launch of the Jetp investment plan has been hampered by disagreements over funding and technical challenges
Data from the Indonesian government suggests efforts to restore peatlands, a key part of the country’s climate strategy, do not match government claims.
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Green funds have been spent cutting down trees for biomass to make electricity, decimating the traditional food sources of indigenous people
The US has been accused of “breaking” a key climate financing commitment by approving almost $100m in support for an overseas fossil fuel project
They won’t reveal who is paying what or how it will be spent and one bank said their $1bn contribution is just something they’re “willing to consider”
The US and Japan led on mobilising finance to retire Indonesian coal plants and scale up renewables, in a deal announced in Bali
The Climate Investment Funds aims to mobilise $4 billion from public and private sources to start decarbonising Indonesia’s power sector
Campaigners are mounting a challenge against the government, arguing that insufficient climate action infringes on their human rights
Talks between donor countries and South Africa on a coal-to-renewables finance deal have been slow and difficult. Indonesia wants to do things differently
Following a finance deal for South Africa to regenerate coal mining areas, western climate diplomats are discussing similar packages with Asian countries
British research sheds light on why Indonesia might have cut ties with donors, finding that funds were inadequate to compete with palm oil sales
As experts debated a controversial proposal to classify palm oil plantations as forest, their event in Jakarta was disrupted by swearing and pornography
The announcement took the Norwegian government and campaigners by surprise and came days before a moratorium on new palm oil concessions lifted
The world’s second biggest coal producing country is depending on carbon capture to keep the industry alive in its “low carbon” scenario