One of the efforts to develop new renewable energy is through the use of solar panels in Pertamina’s operational areas, here seen at the refinery in Cilacap, Central Java.

Renewable energy bill: An ambitious attempt at energy transition

Supporting state-owned power companies in purchasing green energy is especially relevant because Indonesia’s green energy prices are around 10 percent to 65 percent higher than other Asian countries.

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Indonesian’s strong foreign and international trade policy for EU

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Protecting consumer rights in the digital epoch

The government must employ a two-prolonged strategy of regulatory enforcement and financial education to ensure the protection of consumer rights. ...

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One man, one vote: A voter casts his ballot in a polling station in Penarungan village, Badung, Bali, during the simultaneous legislative and presidential election on April 17, 2019.

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Safeguarding the integrity of Indonesia’s electoral system

Indonesia’s political parties have been left with a free hand to raise as much money as they can from whomever they wish, with little fear of sanctions and with no requirement to ever publicly disclose those funds.

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The Cremer Kuli statue inaugurated in 1928 in front of the Deli Planters Vereeniging office, now the Putri Hijau Military Hospital in Medan.

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The dark history of slavery in Indonesia during the Dutch colonial period

Protesters are not only denouncing racism but also condemning slavery in the colonial era by bringing down colonialist statues and slave traders.

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Various prominent women in government and nongovernment sectors pose in this screen grab from the online-based G20 Women's Empowerment kick-off meeting held on Dec. 22, 2021.

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Empowerment is what women make of it

Admirable as it may sound, this seemingly praiseworthy idea of positioning women as “ibu bangsa” has been widely criticized especially by feminist scholars.

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Mayor Ridwan Kamil delivers his speech at a Christmas celebration at Sabuga building in Bandung, West Java.on Dec. 24, 2016.

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A Muslim way of congratulating Christmas

People of the same national identity should ideally preserve the brotherly bonds irrespective of their differences in faiths and religious beliefs.

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Christmas decorations are seen at a shopping mall in Jakarta on Dec. 22, 2021.

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Implementing the Christmas spirit in daily life

As citizens of the nation, Christians must always walk together in order to overcome various challenges and difficulties.

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No access: Rohingya refugees in Makassar haven’t been able to access their health or primary needs support for over three years. (Courtesy of Shofiqul Islam)

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Gender based violence: Disaster within disaster

Even though it is difficult to prepare infrastructure that is safe and comfortable for women and children in an emergency, it is imperative that we do provide it for their own safety.

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Rescue teams conduct a search for miners buried by a landslide at an illegal gold-mining operation in the village of Buranga in Parigi Moutong regency, Central Sulawesi on Feb. 25, 2021.

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Illegal mining must stop, but how

Those practicing illegal mining, having no mining business permits (IUPs), have no responsibility to pay taxes, or to prepare and carry out community development and social empowerment.

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Bali's Besakih Temple holds a public ceremony without COVID-19 restrictions in April 2022. (Courtesy of Velina Sita Devani)

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Will 2023 see the end of COVID-19 pandemic?

It is still too early to celebrate the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, no matter how much we might wish for it, and we must remain vigilant throughout the coming year and stay on the alert against new threats in the years to come.

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Wonder women: Women of the Air Force carry their parachutes during a military drill at Iskandar Muda air base in Blang Bintang, Banda Aceh, Aceh on Feb. 8, 2019.

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'Mother's Day' demeans Indonesia's historic women’s movement

Hari Ibu started to lose its real meaning after Soeharto, an Army general, took power in 1966 and strengthened the patriarchal system.

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Farmers planting trees at Jagoi Heritage Forest in Bau, Kuching, Sarawak. The Indigenous peoples' traditional response to improve the condition of the forest in their catchment area is by planting more trees such as timber trees, bamboo, rattan and wild fruit trees.

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Indigenous farming knowledge is science, not superstition

The Indigenous people's respect for the land and their traditional agricultural practices can teach us to adapt to extreme weather conditions.

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Good, clean, deep water is becoming less accessible in many remote parts of the Northern Territory, Australia.

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Connection to Country has role in climate adaptation

Building resilience by sharing Indigenous knowledge on climate change strategies can benefit all Australians.

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Most villages in north Pentecost have traditional buildings known as 'gamali' with thatch roofs that extend to the ground and are less likely to fly off in high winds.

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One size does not fit all in Pacific climate adaptation

Indigenous knowledge has helped guide Pacific Islanders’ resilience and adaptation to changing climates for centuries, but it is still often overlooked.

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Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr (left), Thailand’s Prayut Chan-O-Cha (third left), Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (fourth left), Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah (fifth left), Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni (fifth right), Prime Minister Hun Sen (fourth right), Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (third right), Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh (second right) and Malaysia's lower house speaker Azhar Azizan Harun (right) walk during a courtesy call to Cambodia's king before the ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh on Nov. 10, 2022.

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Maintaining credibility, relevance of the ‘Council’ in Asia Pacific

The ARF has for years now been criticized for being unable to move forward from talking about confidence-building measures to providing preventive diplomacy outlines, let alone conflict resolution in the region.

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Back to normal: People throng a shopping mall in Surabaya on Oct. 13 to watch a rock climbing competition for young people. As the government has loosened COVID-19 restrictions, shopping malls and other public facilities have resumed normal activities.

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All Indonesian consumers want in their shopping carts this holiday season

With the easing of restrictions in the last months, consumers are inclined to engage in in-person experiences after a long hiatus.

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Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi (front center) and ministers, senior officials and representatives from Pacific countries and intergovernmental organizations pose for a group photo during the Indonesia-Pacific Forum for Development High-Level Dialogue on Wednesday in Nusa Dua, Bali.

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Foreign diplomacy not enough to solve the Papua issue

One of the main motives behind the Pacific approach is to “appease” the people in the region who have strong emotional and cultural bonds with the people of Papua.

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Indonesia has yet to join the club of nations from Brazil to China and India that have issued stringent regulations on personal data protection, modeled on the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Indonesia's data privacy law avoids costly and misguided localization

If Indonesia enacted all proposed localization policies, after five years trade volumes would decline by an estimated 5.8 percent, imports decline 6.9 percent, and import prices increase 2 percent.

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Sailors from the Indonesian Navy’s KRI Usman Harun 359 warship conduct on Jan. 22, 2021 a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) procedure on Taiwanese fishing vessel Hai Chien Hsing 20, which was discovered carrying out illegal, unreported, unregulated (IUU) fishing activities in Indonesian waters.

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MASS: A challenge for Indonesia’s maritime fulcrum dream

Indonesia needs to review its legal framework to anticipate the advent of automous marine vessels in light of its aspirations to become the world's "maritime fulcrum".

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Activists take part in a protest after the House of Representatives approved a new penal code that will ban sex outside marriage, cohabitation between unmarried couples, insulting the president and expressing views counter to the national ideology, outside the House buildings in Jakarta, Dec. 6, 2022.

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Sex, schizophrenia and the historical irony of Indonesia’s criminal code

Politicians, even in secular parties such as Golkar and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), use religion and “moral” issues to obtain political support.

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A Semai butterfly rancher at Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. Many Semai communities turned to selling butterflies to collectors and butterfly farms to earn a living.

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What we can learn from the Semai people to protect against climate change

In Malaysia, the Indigenous concept of badi is not superstition or taboo, it’s about respecting the land, environment and wildlife to avoid negative impacts.

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Fallow system sustains life for Karen villagers (“Farmers carry rice products to their barn“.

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Sustainability in action: the Karen peoples' farming system

By having a seven to ten-year farming system, the Karen people in Thailand show how to create a sustainable environment and help the climate.

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The Irular people been farming around the Palamalai and Nilgiri hills for centuries.

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The key to future climate adaptation is to tap past knowledge

Climate-resilient agricultural knowledge has always been there among Indigenous groups, we just need to learn from them.

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Environmentalists participating in the Asia Climate Rally march to the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry in Central Jakarta to urge the government and businesspeople not to fund fossil fuel exploitation to help stop climate change.

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How crowdfunding could raise $12 billion to boost renewable energy access in Indonesia

Our findings indicate that more than 7 percent of Gen X, millennials and Gen Z (equivalent to 14 million of Indonesians) are enthusiastic about investing in green projects.

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Dancing on air: Dancers perform during the opening of the second day of the Business 20 (B20) Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali on Nov. 14, 2022. B20 preceded the Group of 20 Leaders’ Summit to be held on Nov. 15 and 16.

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Corporate sustainability in Indonesia: Where to go from here

there is still a gap in knowledge and application regarding ESG best practices from a global and industry standpoint.

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Clean energy: Workers check the battery panel of the solar power plant on Kodingareng Island near Makassar, South Sulawesi on Dec. 15, 2022. Indonesia is pushing for renewable energy as part of its commitment to the fight against climate change.

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Designing a carbon tax road map for Indonesia’s green transition

The government needs to get going with its carbon tax and related mechanisms to change the general mindset toward green products, services and behaviors to achieve its unconditional NDC by 2030.

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Students from SMK Negeri 1 Soe state vocational senior high school prepare a field on Oct. 11 in Soe, South Central Timor, East Nusa Tenggara, for planting corn using a sustainable crop production system introduced by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Indonesia.

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Indonesia's net zero target and sustainable agriculture: Are we on the right track?

A policy overhaul in the agriculture and related sectors is needed to eliminate programs that hinder the country from reaching its net zero goals and to encourage sustainable practices that ensure food security.

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President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo welcomes Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the welcoming dinner during the G20 Summit in Badung, Bali on November 15, 2022.

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UK must build new long-term partnerships with countries that will shape the future

Countries like Indonesia will play a far greater role in shaping the way the world looks over the century to come.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and United States President Joe Biden meet on Nov. 14, 2022 on the sidelines of the Group of 20 Leaders' Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali.

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Climate talks after the Xi-Biden meeting in Bali

That Xi and Biden agreed to resume bilateral climate talks is a positive outcome that could motivate other countries to pick up the slack in meeting their Paris climate commitments.

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