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China’s Role in Indonesia’s Clean Energy Transition

Date & Time

Thursday
Dec. 5, 2024
8:00pm – 9:15pm ET

Location

Online Only

Overview

This event will be hosted on Zoom, please register here to view the webinar.

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

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Fabby Tumiwa

Executive Director, Institute for Essential Services Reform
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Ghee Peh

Energy Finance Specialist, Asia Coal Markets, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis 
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Shuang Liu

China Finance Director, World Resources Institute

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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