Coal vs Climate: Indonesia's Energy Policy Contradicts Its Climate Goals

Abstract: Being the fourth-largest country in the world and hosting the third-largest share of global rainforest stocks, Indonesia plays an essential role in international climate protection. While the government has implemented forest and peatland protection measures, national energy planning heavily relies on fossil fuels, and is in clear conflict with the country's climate goals. Indonesia is one of the largest coal producers and exporters worldwide. The current expansion of coal combustion for domestic electricity supply is likely to lead to long-term dependency thereon in upcoming decades. Indonesia's rush for coal, commencing early in the new century, is a result of the country's decentralisation reforms and the persistency of structures of corruption and politico-business entanglements. The 2015 plans for extensive expansion of the coal fleet brings together the government's infrastructure plans and the interests of the domestic coal industry, which lost part of its market due to a dr

Object Details

• Alternative title: Kohle versus Klima: Indonesiens Energiepolitik widerspricht Klimazielen
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 12 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: GIGA Focus Asien ; Bd. 2

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Natürliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umwelt

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
• (when): 2020
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Hamburg
• (who): GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Asien-Studien
• (when): 2020
• Creator: Fünfgeld, Anna
• Contributor: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Asien-Studien

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-67640-6
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 14.08.2025, 10:57 AM CEST