Accelerate the Transition of Sustainable Energy Use

JAKARTA – Pertamina held another Webinar of the B20 Energy, Sustainability, and Climate Task Force for the third time on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. The webinar was streamed live on the Pertamina YouTube channel with the theme “Accelerate the Transition of Sustainable Energy Use.”

Sasha Winzenried, Energy, Utilities, & Resources Leader of PwC Indonesia, opened the webinar. “PwC is very glad to host this event. The energy transition is today’s world challenge. It is crucial for business actors and the government to ensure that the target to limit climate change is achieved while ensuring the business sustainability,” he said.

Shinta Kamdani, Chair of B20 Indonesia, said the same thing. “B20, as the outreach group that involves the community of more than 2.000 leading businesses and investors from around the world, is ready to accelerate the transformation of the global economy,” she said.

Meanwhile, Arsjad Rasjid, KADIN Chairman, explained that this event officially discussed the policy recommendation for the first time. “We fully agree that the transition to clean and sustainable energy is the only way to address climate change and global catastrophe,” he said.

He continued that financing is the challenge, so global partnerships are needed primarily to help and support developing countries.

Align with Arsjad statement, Nicke Widyawati, Chair of B20 Energy, Sustainability & Climate Task Force and President Director & CEO of Pertamina, stated in her keynote speech that financing is one of the main three pillars in the energy transition.

“The first pillar is to secure energy accessibility, second is improving technology for smart and clean energy, and third is advance energy financing,” said Nicke.

Nicke also presented recommendations for priority actions from these pillars. First, accelerate the transition to sustainable energy use by reducing carbon intensity. Second, recommendations for accelerating the mitigation of carbon emissions from economic sectors that are difficult to reduce, where the government can see an increase in the adoption of biofuels and blue and green hydrogen. Third, financing as well as technology and innovation.

The top 10 finalists of the Energy, Sustainability, and Climate International Essay Competition were also announced in this webinar. •IN