The campaign, initiated by the environmental group Langit Biru Pertiwi (Motherland's Blue Sky), is aimed at creating an atmosphere conducive to the balloting process on Feb. 14, when more than 205 million voters across the country are scheduled to cast their votes.

The criticisms against the government's nickel downstreaming policy may have a grain of truth in them, but they should also be taken with a grain of salt.

Over the last six months, the 16-year-old student collected almost 1,000 letters, both online and at schools and colleges, from young people across her home province of East Java.

Indonesia's mining sector is known to be a catalyst for deforestation in Southeast Sulawesi province, a heavily mined region that serves as the habitat for diverse primate populations negatively impacted by habitat loss.

The country's just energy transition must not run counter to the agenda to accelerate growth and address socioeconomic problems facing the community.

Last month, the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority unveiled a plan to offer tax breaks to private companies willing to rehabilitate damaged forests around the planned capital city.

The problem with the new regulation is that it will allow cheaper EV car imports without any clear linkage to the local production chain and human resources. 

Indonesian young people express their anxiety about environmental issues affecting not only their daily lives but also the community as a whole, asking candidates at the 2024 general election to pay more attention to the issue.

The joint KWI-PGI Christmas message gives pause for contemplation over what "peace on earth" means in the context of environmental protection and the rapidly approaching 2024 elections.

The evidence points to limited public participation in government agendas as the ruling government leans toward acting as an “activist state” in governing the country. 

Regardless of whether nuclear power is suitable for Indonesia's energy transition, observerss appear to concur that building a thorium-based nuclear plant in the country will require more time to develop the relevant infrastructure and regulations, as well as the technologies for processing the radioactive metal.

Former Central Java governor Ganjar Pranowo and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto will continue President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s industry downstreaming strategy if they win next year’s presidential election, while former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan will likely “recalibrate” the scheme if chosen, their campaign teams have said.

When "too many" people are in one place simultaneously, the local people and the environment are adversely affected.

The mixed regulatory landscape may deter potential investors from considering the implementation of CCS projects in Indonesia.

Santri are encouraged to critically evaluate and advocate against economic models that contribute to ecological damage, particularly those based on extractive and capitalistic approaches to nature.

Though the 2024 presidential candidates have given more attention to climate and environmental issues in their campaign platforms to during past elections, analysts say their programs are still not ambitious enough.

Over 7,000 substances are associated with plastics, and more than 3,200 of them have hazardous impacts on the environment and human health.

The regulator often acts as the "owner" of the area and you should never challenge it with facts or criticize it in forums, no matter how strong your arguments or how noble your goals.

Carbon credits have been debated since their inclusion in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.

Rare earths are a crucial component used in products including mobile phones, hybrid cars and flat-screen televisions, but there are only a few producers outside of China.

The country's communist government tolerates no opposition to its one-party rule and regularly jails critics, but its recent focus on environmental activists appears to carry a particular message, said Jonathan London, an expert on contemporary Vietnam.

More than 140 countries - representing the vast majority of the world's woodlands - pledged at the 2021 United Nations climate summit in Glasgow to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by the end of the decade.

Developing countries prefer to borrow from China because it simply means business and does not take elements like human rights, press freedom, and economic liberalization into account.

The WEF projects that digitizing trade documentation worldwide could potentially increase global GDP by almost 5 percent and boost international trade by a staggering 15 percent.

Governments must ensure adequate, stable and predictable supplies of critical raw materials needed to construct the millions of solar panels, wind turbines and batteries of the future.

Armed conflict, drought, widespread poverty and scarce rural health services already mean the world's newest country has one of its highest maternal mortality rates. Heatwaves linked to climate change are increasing the risks.

The long-term environmental and labor implications of nickel mining in Indonesia can be devastating. 

Presidential candidates must convince voters that they prioritize sustainable infrastructure development, which is geared toward the well-being of all citizens. 

Malaysia on Friday warned residents of high pollution levels in most areas on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and the western Kalimantan region of Sarawak, blaming trans-boundary haze from Indonesia, its Department of Environment said in a statement. 

Given past form, the Norwegian Nobel Committee is also capable of a complete surprise in the Oct. 6 announcement.