As a nation with quite a bunch of commemorative dates, National Electricity Day may be one of the overlooked ones, celebrated by only a few concerned ministerial bodies or institutions. This seems quite ironic, as electricity is undoubtedly integral to everyone’s life nowadays. People in the early days of Indonesia, however, were not as fortunate. […]
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Since the industrial revolution, the global energy system has been built around fossil fuel consumption. However, this practice is starting to change. Renewable energy has begun to gain more attention. The term is ‘energy transition’, where many countries in the world are starting to shift their energy consumption from fossil fuels to renewables. The energy […]
In the efforts to fulfill Indonesia’s commitment to achieve Net Zero Emission (NZE) by 2060. Indonesia has set a target of 23% Renewable Energy (RE) in its energy mix by 2025 and committed to an emission reduction target of around 31.89% unconditionally and 43.2% conditionally by 2030. Based on the data from the Ministry of […]
The global temperature has risen by at least 1.39°C since 1880, marking a significant increase since the onset of the industrial revolution. Despite the commitments made in the 2015 Paris Agreement, which aimed to limit the temperature increase to 1.24°C, temperatures continue to rise year after year. In July 2023, a new record was set […]
August always brings feelings of joy and excitement for most Indonesians. As Independence Day approaches, everyone is rushing to raise the red-and-white national flag at the top of the flagpole. The majority of Indonesians celebrate in unique and diverse ways. Competitions and games are the most common ways, while others wear their traditional attire to […]
Since the beginning of the millennium, most ASEAN member states (AMS) have experienced significant gross domestic product (GDP) growth. Thanks to its growing economy and youthful demographic, ASEAN is currently the world’s fifth-largest economy and is projected to rise to the fourth-largest by 2030 (Vakulchuk et al., 2023). On this upward trajectory, AMS is concerned […]
Southeast Asia is expected to be one of the fastest-growing regions in the world. However, this economic growth is threatened by the worsening impacts of climate change in ASEAN Member States. According to the latest IPCC report, rising temperatures increase the likelihood of heatwaves and floods in Southeast Asia. Three major cities in Southeast Asia—Jakarta, […]
The world came together on June 5 to celebrate World Environment Day (WED) 2023, with a strong focus on addressing the urgent issue of plastic pollution and accelerating the transition to a circular economy. The campaign was marked by the powerful hashtag #BeatPlasticPollution, which aimed to raise awareness and drive action to combat plastic pollution […]
Pengembangan potensi bioetanol sebagai bahan bakar pengganti fosil nampaknya berjalan dengan baik. Karena pemerintah saat ini terus mendorong transisinya setelah melihat negara lain berhasil menggunakan bahan bakar nabati (BBN). Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM), Arifin Tasrif mengatakan, sudah saatnya Indonesia memanfaatkan etanol sebagai energi alternatif untuk mengurangi bahan bakar minyak. Apalagi sebelumnya Pertamina […]
Perkembangan teknologi memang bisa memudahkan pekerjaan kita. Terlebih dengan berkembangnya Open AI dan ChatGPT. Teknologi yang bisa mengubah dunia, di sisi lain memudahkan namun di sisi lainnya mengancam lingkungan yang kita tinggali. Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence memperkirakan penggunaan energi yang besar untuk melatih model AI. Seperti OpenAI’s GPT-3, yang menggerakkan ChatGPT yang terkenal […]