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Local leadership powers Indonesia’s climate ambitions

·September 8, 2025·4 min read

Indonesia’s national climate strategy aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2060. A key component of this strategy is for forests to absorb 140 million tonnes of CO₂ annually, equivalent to taking 30 million cars off the road. Riau’s contribution to this goal is critical. The province has historically faced some of...

Faith in finance: Indonesia’s innovative path to sustainable development

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·June 29, 2025·5 min read

The Southeast Asian country has already raised close to $12 billion in thematic bonds, including blue bonds and Islamic investment instruments over the last seven years. These efforts have been supported by development partners, including the United Nations. Putut Hari Satyaka, is the Deputy Minister for Development Financing and Investment at Indonesia’s...

Candlenuts, chilli and chickens: Transforming Indonesia’s rural economy

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·January 25, 2023·5 min read

Wilfridus Ngala, the mayor of Inegena, a village nestled amidst the central hills of Ngada district, on Flores Island, had a vision – to turn his community of 1,100 people, most of them subsistence farmers, into an agricultural powerhouse with its own food processing industry and exports. Mayor Ngala’s idea...

UN refugee agency welcomes Indonesia’s ‘act of humanity’ in rescuing migrants adrift at sea

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·December 28, 2022·1 min read

UNHCR issued a statement explaining that two groups of survivors had been brought to shore off the coast of north-west Indonesia. Believed to have been at sea for more than a month, the UN agency expressed relief that they are now safe in Indonesia. After highlighting their plight, Ann Maymann,...