Indonesia G20 Presidency has been giving an extra breath for energy transition agenda. It is one of the working priorities along with global health architecture and digital transformation. Needless to say, energy sector becomes one of the dirties pillars under Paris Agreement commitment. Of course, the abundance of coal resources…

Nowadays, climate change issue takes many places, from public to policy, as a top priority worldwide. Many terms and initiatives emerge for addressing that Anthropocene catastrophe, such as sustainability concept, carbon tax & carbon pricing, green transition, to net-zero emission. In my perspective, net-zero emission has a special place on…

There is a resemblance in every United National Climate Summits. Since the first convention of parties (COP) in Berlin 1994, it has been flooded by the term of climate doomsday, has been branded as the last chance to save humanity. Setting an artificial deadline to get attention is one of…

Observing the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has raised my doubt. Are we in the right track on climate change mitigation? Because a crescendo of deadly extreme weather is frequently smashing the climate-addled world. Even the 3.650-page IPCC report on Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability…

In one of President Jokowi G20 opening speech, he underlined strong collaboration among countries and formulate many alternative exit strategies for equitable economic recovery. The President also mentioned energy transition as one of concerns during Indonesia presidency. …

The pandemic has successfully decoupled human from its past behavior. For instance, the work-from-home culture, has caused the energy consumption on building to undergo significant shifts and volatility. The occupancy rate of office spaces and hotels in the ASEAN region has suffered due to the working from home and travel…

David Flicking on Bloomberg op-ed (2019) wrote a brazenly article with the title “Indonesia does its best to scare off investment.” The author contended on Indonesia’s nickel ore export ban. The government decided to compel investors by adding the value for our mineral resources through its ban. Many zealously defended…

Since climate crisis soaring in the last decade, cities facing disastrous climate stresses and shocks. Predictably, worsening in the upcoming years. In fact, cities become the economic machine for most countries. Hence, it would be rushing to implement mitigation and adaptation strategies. Yet most urban residents are only dimly aware…

Technology intervention is one of the keys for curbing the horrible effect of climate change. Carbon capture touted as the “holy grail” on the net zero race. At glance, it is a method for trapping the carbon dioxide at its emission source. Theoretically, we ever had had the natural carbon…