Indonesia’s commitment at the COP26 will not reduce GHG emissions, but instead will commodify nature with a net-zero emission scheme in the form of carbon trading.
Indonesia targets zero carbon emissions by 2060 but the country is still heavily dependent on dirty energy, and policies are not friendly to the development of renewable energy.
Access to information and data, resources, are some of the challenges faced by journalists when reporting on social and environmental impacts There needs to be a change in the current form of collaboration
This story was first published by China Dialogue on 14 April 2021. Over the years, married couple Edi Suriana and Masitah have grown accustomed to the great smokestacks that emit a constant plume of thick smog a few hundred metres from their home. The stacks belong to the Suralaya coal plant on the westernmost edge of the […]
At least one million hectares (2.47 million acres) of protected and conserved forest in the Jambi Province have been damaged by mining operations. The districts of Sarolangun and Bungo are touted to be responsible for issuing licenses (IUP) for miners to work on the area. [Read full text on Tempo]
