Indonesia

Bali puts single-use plastic on a permanent gap year with wide-ranging ban
Jonny Bairstow

The move aims to stop items such as plastic bottles, carrier bags, coffee cups and polystyrene packaging ending up in the ocean

Global coal production forecast to grow to 2022
Priyanka Shrestha

That’s despite major players pledging to scale down capacity

Reduced deforestation in Indonesia triggers carbon payment from Norway
Priyanka Shrestha

It will be the first payment for reducing around 4.8m tons of carbon emissions under a climate initiative that started in 2010

Unilever and Veolia join forces for sustainable plastic packaging
Priyanka Shrestha

They will work together to develop innovative solutions to improve the global waste collection and recycling infrastructure

Indonesia hops aboard plastic cleanup with bus bottle scheme
Jonny Bairstow

Surabaya’s recycling incentive scheme allows trash to be traded for tickets

Jakarta’s city government criticised for hiding polluting river
Jonny Bairstow

A screen has been installed over the water ahead of the capital city hosting the upcoming 2018 Asian Games

Indonesia and Malaysia join forces to fight EU phase-out of palm oil biofuels
Jonny Bairstow

The EU plans to cut the use of palm oil as biodiesel from 2030

Indonesia’s first utility-scale solar plants receive $40m investment
Chhaya Dabas

They will have a total capacity of 42MW

Historic agreement to protect globally important carbon store
Priyanka Shrestha

The equivalent of three years of global greenhouse gas emissions are stored in the Congo peatlands

Indonesian wind farm secures cash and starts build
Jonny Bairstow

A wind farm project in Indonesia has achieved financial close and will soon be built. The 72MW Tolo 1 facility in South Sulawesi is to be developed by Singapore-based firm Equis Energy, with consultancy Mott MacDonald providing construction and operations monitoring services. Once operational, it is expected to produce enough renewable energy to power nearly […]

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