Indonesia relies on coal for roughly 60% of its electricity. Now, the U.S., Japan and a suite of other partners have a $20B plan to help Southeast Asia's largest economy curb its reliance on the most carbon-emitting fuel.
Fishermen on their boat as smoke rises from the Suralaya coal power plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, last year. Photo: Ronald Siagian/AFP via Getty Images
Activists and experts "say this will only make a small dent in the approximately $600 billion that Indonesia needs to phase out coal-generated electricity and reach net-zero emissions," theAnd while the deal with South Africa announced a year ago helped lay the groundwork for other JETPs, there are already headwinds.
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