Indonesia delays peak emissions target to 2035
Revised plan raises concerns over net zero goal as updated NDC to be unveiled at COP 30 in Brazil next month
JAKARTA, Indonesia (MNTV) — Indonesia has postponed its target for peak greenhouse gas emissions by five years to 2035, sparking concerns about the country’s ability to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, The Star reported.
Peak emissions mark the point when a country’s greenhouse gas output reaches its highest level before starting to decline.
Eniya Listiani Dewi, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s director general for renewable energy, said the government had made significant efforts to avoid the delay.
“While we all agreed to achieve net zero emissions by 2060, we have to report with a heavy heart that our peak emissions target has shifted to 2035,” she said.
She warned that the change would make achieving carbon neutrality by 2060 even more difficult.
The updated target will be included in Indonesia’s revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), which is expected to be presented at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Belém, Brazil, next month.
Eniya highlighted the need for stronger international cooperation and new technologies to curb emissions, acknowledging ongoing hurdles in renewable energy expansion, particularly in green transmission and smart grid development.
“Renewable energy in our total mix is now 16%. The 23% target has not been reached, but thankfully it rose by two digits within a year,” she noted.
Despite its commitment to reducing coal dependency and boosting renewables, Indonesia has consistently fallen short of its annual clean energy targets. The renewable share rose only modestly from 13.1% in 2023 to 14.68% in 2024 and around 16% in 2025.
State-owned utility PLN aims to raise renewable energy’s share to 34.3% of the national mix by 2034, according to the country’s latest electricity business plan (RUPTL 2025–2034).
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