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Synergizing biodiversity conservation and social cohesion for sustainable economic transformation in Indonesia
Ahead of COP30 in Brazil, CELIOS released a policy brief highlighting the importance of a socio-bioeconomic approach—integrating biodiversity conservation and social justice into Indonesia’s economic transformation. The document responds to BAPPENAS’s bioeconomy strategy, emphasizing that sustainable development must go beyond simply replacing raw materials and must ensure the involvement of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and vulnerable groups. CELIOS maps out three stages of transform...
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Koperasi Desa atau Koperasi Komando?
An opinion article by Bakhrul Fikri, published in Bisnis com.
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Indonesia should follow China’s lead—and take Donald Trump’s tariffs to the UN
Opinion article by Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat Yeta Purnama, published in Australian Outlook.
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Legal opinion: risk mitigation framework for the phase-out of coal power plants operations in Indonesia’s just energy transition
CELIOS has published a Legal Opinion on Mitigating Legal Risks in the Energy Transition Program for Phasing Out Coal Operations as a resource for advocacy and dialogue with stakeholders to promote the accelerated, lawful and just closure of coal-fired power plants (CFPPs). The document examines legal challenges in terminating CFPP operations, including potential financial claims and the risk of criminalizing energy transition policies. The study focuses on four key questions: the definition of corruption involving state financial losses,
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A string of facts about MBG problems that had been predicted long ago
Opinion article by Jaya Darmawan, published in The Conversation.
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Critique of the 2025 energy transition roadmap: the fallacy of techno-financial logic behind coal-fired power plant (PLTU) closures
This report critically examines Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Regulation No. 10 of 2025 on the Energy Transition Roadmap for the Electricity Sector, particularly its provisions on ending the operation of coal-fired power plants (PLTUs). It identifies a number of normative, methodological, and institutional weaknesses that instead hinder the acceleration of the energy transition. The roadmap was developed with minimal public participation and low transparency, while positioning PLN as the dominant actor in studies on the early retirement of PLTUs—a situation that
Read publicationEconomic Risks of Gas-Fired Power Plants
Opinion article by Bakhrul Fikri, published in Katadata.
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When Land Floats: Legal Aspects of Land Certificates on Water
Opinion article by Zakiul Fikri, published on Hukum Online.
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An Energy Transition Roadmap Biased Against the Environment
Opinion article by Muhammad Saleh, published in Katadata.
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Why Indonesians rally more for Gaza than Xinjiang
An opinion article by Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat, published in Middle East Monitor.
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Opinion article by Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Yeta Purnama, published in CGSP.
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Key stakeholders’ perspectives on job transformation in Indonesia’s public and private sectors
Technological transformations such as automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, and digital platforms have changed how people work and sparked debate about the Future of Work. These changes bring both opportunities and risks—from growing demand for a workforce equipped with digital skills to the potential replacement of manual and administrative jobs by machines. In Indonesia, this challenge is becoming increasingly urgent because the current workforce’s capacity has not yet fully
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