Heaptalk, Jakarta — The Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas and WRI Indonesia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support planning and policy-making for the Low-Carbon Development and Climate Resilience agenda in the maritime and natural resources sectors.
“The MoU signing will support the implementation of the low-carbon and climate-resilient agenda in areas such as food and agriculture, forestry and water resource conservation, marine and fisheries, energy resources, minerals and mining, and the environment,” explained Vivi Yulaswati, Deputy for Maritime Affairs and Natural Resources at Bappenas.
The scope of the cooperation includes the development of a nickel decarbonization roadmap, the creation of just transition indicators in the energy sector, aligning Indonesia’s climate targets with national development planning, drafting a roadmap for implementing the blue carbon framework strategy, and establishing a Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform for the Transformation of Indonesia’s Food System.
This collaboration is expected to contribute to two documents: the National Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPN) 2025-2045 and the National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2025-2029.
“As one of the development directions towards Indonesia’s Vision 2045, the green economy needs to be a focus for all parties. Transformative efforts to achieve this will include accelerating a just energy transition towards renewable energy, preparing new skills and job opportunities, and developing ecosystems that incentivize stakeholders,” Deputy Vivi elaborated.
A just transition emphasizes balancing social, economic, and environmental aspects to minimize risks and negative impacts. Therefore, the cooperation focuses on developing just transition indicators in Indonesia to ensure a fair and inclusive transition, such as mitigating economic losses and negative environmental impacts, reducing disparities in access to clean energy, and preparing human resource development, job opportunities, and social security.
These indicators are meant to monitor and periodically evaluate the impact of the energy transition from social, economic, and environmental perspectives within the framework of national development planning.
“Indonesia needs to ensure that the benefits and risks of a sustainable future are evenly distributed across all societal groups and that the ongoing transition aligns with the economic growth agenda. We are optimistic that the start of the study for just energy transition indicators is an important step in guiding the sustainable use of renewable energy,” Nirarta Samadhi, Country Director of WRI Indonesia, said.
