In late 2024, CPD joined our Energy Transition Policy Development (ETP) Forum partners in Jakarta to brief the media on our recommendations for the new Prabowo government, with a focus on practical steps to support Indonesia’s energy transition.
A year later, the ETP Forum returned to the media to take stock of progress against the original nine recommendations and set out an updated agenda for the year ahead, aimed at accelerating a fair and prosperous energy transition in Indonesia.
In 2025, there were some positive signs, including an increase in Indonesia’s renewable energy mix to 16 per cent. However, the country remains short of the annual progress required to meet its Paris Agreement commitments, with government ambition not yet consistently reflected in national policy direction.
Meeting Indonesia’s energy transition goals will require clearer direction and stronger action, particularly to reform energy subsidies, address unequal access to benefits, unlock clean energy investment and establish a practical roadmap for the early retirement of coal-fired power plants.
The second year of the Prabowo–Gibran administration will be pivotal in determining whether energy policy reforms can deliver real emissions reductions, strengthen energy security, support communities and put Indonesia on a credible path to achieving its energy transition goals.
The ETP Forum comprises CPD, Climateworks Centre, the Indonesian Research Institute for Decarbonisation, the Institute for Essential Services Reform, the Purnomo Yusgiantoro Centre and the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and was established in 2022. The ETP Forum helped coordinate support to Indonesia’s G20 Presidency in 2022 and ASEAN Chairship in 2023.
