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China’s Role in Indonesia’s Clean Energy Transition
Overview
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Indonesia, the world’s top exporter of thermal coal, has also set high net zero emission targets. Indonesia is courting both China, its top clean energy investor, and the West for investments to bolster its clean energy manufacturing and capacity. Chinese and western investments fall well below what is needed for Indonesia to reach its 2050 climate target. Indonesian experts see a potential for Chinese financing to expand beyond solar and wind farms into energy storage, domestic clean energy manufacturing, and decarbonizing of industrial production.
At this meeting speakers will assess the potential of clean energy collaboration between Indonesia and China. Fabby Tumiwa (Institute for Essential Services Reform) will lay out the landscape of Indonesia’s greenhouse gas challenge and what the Indonesian government is doing to improve just energy transition policies. Drawing on a new report published by his organization, Ghee Peh (Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis) will discuss how the Indonesian government can break through bureaucratic and transparency obstacles to unlock private investments. Liu Shuang (World Resources Institute) will dive into China’s growing climate-related finance in the global south and highlight obstacles and opportunities for Chinese companies to increase clean energy investments in Indonesia.
Panelists
Fabby Tumiwa
Ghee Peh
Shuang Liu
Hosted By
China Environment Forum
Since 1997, the China Environment Forum's mission has been to forge US-China cooperation on energy, environment, and sustainable development challenges. We play a unique nonpartisan role in creating multi-stakeholder dialogues around these issues. Read more
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
Indo-Pacific Program
The Indo-Pacific Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on US interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region. Read more
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