Comment: While gender equality and women’s empowerment are goals, they are also essential enablers of climate action and development By Frank Rijsberman and Ingvild Solvang This year, the Paris Agreement’s effectiveness as a global response to the climate crisis is being tested as governments are preparing to submit more ambitious national targets for mitigation and adaptation. The combined ambitions of these targets should match the urgency to strengthening resilience and limiting the disastrous climate change impacts around the world.  The Paris Agreement aims to […]

The Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) is committed to switch to a low carbon development approach by integrating Low Carbon Development Initiative (LCDI) into the 2020-2024 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN). This is stated in the national development agenda, titled “Building the Environment, Improving Disaster Resilience, and Climate Change” through Presidential Regulation No. 18 […]

GGGI in collaboration with the Fiscal Policy Agency (FPA) held a Project Concept Note (PCN) Writing Workshop to increase the capacity of shortlisted project proponents in Indonesia related to access of funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). This workshop was held on January 13-15, 2020 at Gran Melia Hotel, Jakarta, as a part of […]

GGGI and the National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA) once again held theEmpathetic Leadership Training for civil servants. This time, the theme is “Living with Hazardous and Toxic Waste: Threats and Opportunities”, on December 4, 2019, in Cilegon, Banten. Cilegon is an industrial city that produces B3 (hazardous and toxic) waste of almost 24 thousand tons […]

On November 20, 2019, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) together with the Society of Environmental Journalists (SIEJ) held the event themed Journalist Training and Media Discussion: Sustainable Development and Finance in the Indonesia Maju Cabinet at Greenhouse, Jakarta. The training was held upon finding that the media currently are often unable to contextualize current […]

On November 30, 2019, GGGI presented a business case for community-based biomass to energy in the NTT Province of Indonesia at the Global Landscape Forum (GLF) in Luxembourg. Ingvild Solvang from GGGI Investment and Policy Solutions Division participated in a panel discussion with the Indonesian National Planning Agency (Bappenas), Clean Power Indonesia (CPI), European Forest […]

The Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) have recently finalized the national medium-term development planning (RPJMN) 2020 – 2024 background study for the forestry sector. The background study was commissioned by Bappenas with the support of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) as part of its efforts to mainstream green growth and low carbon development […]

The Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) have recently finalized the national medium-term development planning (RPJMN) 2020 – 2024 background study for the forestry sector. The background study was commissioned by Bappenas with the support of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) as part of its efforts to mainstream green growth and low carbon development […]

GGGI supported the Fiscal Policy Agency (FPA) of the Ministry of Finance as Indonesia’s National Designated Authority for the Green Climate Fund (NDA-GCF) to organize a GCF Concept Note Writing Workshop on October 22-24, 2019 at Gran Melia Jakarta as part of the effort to expand and strengthen Indonesia’s GCF pipeline through the publication of […]

The Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya underlined that climate change mitigation efforts in Indonesia are carried out with a national resilience approach. This was stated at the Climate Festival at Manggala Wanabhakti on Wednesday, October 2. She also gave a reflection on climate actions for the past 5 years and related environmental issues […]

Officially opened by Vikalp Sabhlok, Sustainable Landscape Investment Specialist, and Marcel Silvius, Indonesia Country Representative, GGGI held a roundtable discussion on “Enabling Microfinance for Paludiculture in Peatlands” on October 15 at Aston Rasuna Jakarta to gain understanding of the potential of paludiculture commodities for business-based peatlands restoration and the required potential microfinance schemes/mechanisms that may […]

Supported by GGGI, the Directorate General of New and Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Village, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration and the District Government of North Timor Tengah held a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) on September 12, 2019 in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara […]

GGGI Director General, Dr. Frank Rijsberman, recently visited Indonesia for a series of bilateral meetings with the Government and Indonesia (GoI), including with GGGI’s focal point the Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas), the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF), and the National Institute for Public Administration (NIPA). Discussing progress of the Green Growth Program […]

On July 22-23, 2019, GGGI and UNDP in support to the Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) held the “Climate Bonds Initiative Green Bond Boot Camp” at Le Meridien Hotel, Jakarta. The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) was invited by Bappenas as experts to provide the technical training. The event was the first Bootcamp held in […]

GGGI and the National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA) recently held an Empathetic Leadership Training themed “Clean Water Crisis in Jakarta” on July 13, 2019, in Kamal Muara Fishermen Village, Penjaringan, North Jakarta. The village is only 25 km away from business and government centers, but for more than two decades has faced shortage of […]

GGGI and the Government of Indonesia, represented by the Directorate General of New, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (DG NREEC) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, are developing various innovative breakthroughs for accelerating the achievement of new and renewable energy (NRE) targets. One of these is the 5.5 GW of bioenergy by 2025 […]