Breakthrough on Indonesia's Energy Policy: Adaptive Governance Perspective for Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP)

The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) agreement strives to attain a peak emissions level of 290 Mt CO2eq by 2030 in the power sector while targeting a 34 renewable energy mix. To support these goals, a minimum of 20 billion USD from public sector pledges and private financial institutions is allocated for expedited decarbonisation. This entails retiring coal-fired power plants and concurrently developing renewable energy-based generation. However, implementing the JETP initiative encounters regulatory and technical challenges in Indonesia, arising from conflicting stakeholder interests, inconsistent regulatory frameworks, opposition from established incumbents of fossil fuels industries, and limited implementation capabilities. These barriers pose a significant threat to the efficacy and efficiency of the JETP program. Consequently, enhancing adaptive governance, namely, polycentricity, learning, diversity, deliberation, participation, flexibility, responsiveness, political support, and collaboration, is crucial to mitigate potential obstacles, bolstering the probability of success for the JETP program. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.