The Political Economy of Climate Change and the Energy Transition in Indonesia

Workshop co-organized by: Georgetown University Mortara Center at the School of Foreign Service and the McDonough School of Business, Princeton University Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance and the Policy and Climate Transition (PACT) Lab at Stanford University

Hosted by: Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Asia Pacific

Venue: The Plaza Office Tower, Jl. M.H. Thamrin No.15 Level 37, Gondangdia, Kec. Menteng, Kota Jakarta Pusat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 10350, Indonesia

Format: Short presentations (10-15 minutes) followed by discussions

Program

Monday June 8

9-10:30 The Political Economy of Indonesia

Moderator: Erik Voeten, Professor, Georgetown University and director Mortara Center for International Studies

Speakers:

• Yuhki Tajima, Rector, Georgetown SFS Asia Pacific: Introduction

• Burhanuddin Muhtadi, Indikator Politik Indonesia and Professor, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, and Seth Soderborg, Senior Research Fellow, Indikator Politik Indonesia,: "Public Opinion on Climate and the Environment in Indonesia"

• Philips Vermonte, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII); Senior Fellow, CSIS Indonesia: "The Indonesian Electoral System and its Political Implications"

10:30-11 Coffee break

11-12:30 The Energy Transition in Indonesia

Moderator: Amanda Kennard, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University 

Speakers:

• Putra Adhiguna, Managing Director, Energy Shift Institute: "Decarbonizing Indonesia's energy: Separating the noise from the fundamentals"

• Fabby Tumiwa, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR): Title TBD

• Indri Dwi Apriliyanti, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy and Management, Universitas Gadjah Mada: Title TBD

• Via Widiyadi, Research Associate, Climate Policy Research Unit, CSIS Indonesia: "Climate Change Policy Landscape in Indonesia: Critical Reflections, National-Subnational Relations and Challenges"

12:30-1:30 Lunch at SFS Asia Pacific

Tuesday June 9

9-10:30 Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Energy, and Decarbonization

Moderator: Michael Ross, Professor of Political Science, UCLA

Speakers:

• Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara, Executive Director, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS): "Fossil fuel subsidies and reform challenges"

• Eka Satria, Chief Executive Officer, PT Medco Power Indonesia (TBC)

• Agus Sari, CEO, Landscape Indonesia (TBD)

11-12:30 Mining, Critical Minerals, and Environmental Damage

Moderator: Sarah Brooks, Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University

Speakers:

• Dan Bowman: "The War on Illegal Mining" — Fellow GU Asia Pacific

• Ardhi Wardhana, Economic Researcher, Department of Economics, CSIS Indonesia: "Behind the Shine: Environmental and Health Trade-offs of Indonesia's Nickel Downstream Policy"

• TBD

12:30 Lunch at SFS Asia Pacific

Wednesday June 10

9-10:30 Pollution

Moderator: Quynh Nguyen, Associate Professor, Wyss Academy for Nature, University of Bern (Institute of Political Science)

Speakers:

• Batari Saraswati, Director, Systemiq: "Economic Case of Coordinated Action for Jakarta's Clean Air"

• Teguh Dartanto, Associate Professor of Economics, Universitas Indonesia (former Dean, Faculty of Economics and Business, 2021–2025): "Economic Transformation, Air Pollution (PM2.5) and NCD Risk in Indonesia"

• Indradhi Faisal Ibrahim, Capacity Building Expert, Regional Knowledge Centre for Marine Plastic Debris (RKC-MPD), Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA): "Governing plastic waste management in the context of circular economy and green energy transition in Southeast Asia"

11-12:30 Carbon credit markets and sustainable trade and investment

Moderator: Vishal Agrawal, Henry J. Blommer Family Endowed Chair in Sustainable Business and Professor of Operations Management, Georgetown McDonough School of Business

Speakers:

• Jessica Novia, Co-founder and Chief Impact Officer, CarbonEthics

• Ms. Elim Sritaba – Chief Sustainability Officer at APP Group and Deputy Chairman for Environment, Social, and Governance, Kadin Indonesia

• Dandy Rafitrandi,(TBC) Senior Researcher, Department of Economics, CSIS Indonesia: "Sustainable Trade and Investment"

12:30 Lunch at SFS Asia Pacific