Indonesia’s Quiet Bid for a Seat in South America’s Oil Rush eyesonindonesia Indonesia’s state oil company is circling the Guyana-Suriname basin, one of the world’s hottest offshore frontiers. It is not yet a player like Exxon or TotalEnergies, but it wants to become one. First, a reality check The premise needs a small correction. Pertamina…
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How Indonesia’s Climate Finance Strategy Stacks Up Against Brazil’s Eco Invest Brazil built one clear, repeatable front door for green capital. Indonesia built an entire wing of doors — bigger in scale, richer in ambition, but a genuinely different experience for the investor trying to find the right one to knock on. eyesonindonesia Amsterdam, July…
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Inside Japan’s Seawater-Powered Energy Vessel eyesonindonesia There’s a viral image making the rounds: a sleek white research ship slicing through Pacific waters, its hull painted with the words “海水から、未来のエネルギーへ” — “From seawater, to the energy of the future.” The caption claims Japan has built a vessel that makes its own clean fuel and never needs…
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South Korean scientists have created an artificial leaf that turns sunlight and water into hydrogen — no wires, no grid, no emissions. For sun-drenched Indonesia, it may be a glimpse of the future. Science & Energy Desk · May 2026 · 8 min read eyesonindonesia How the artificial leaf works A Leaf Forged in a…
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Is REDD+ a Green Miracle or a “License to Pollute”? eyesonindonesia In the boardroom of a multinational oil giant and in the deep canopy of the Indonesian rainforest, two very different conversations are happening about the same thing: REDD+. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) was designed as a bridge between the industrial…
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How Haruni Krisnawati is Securing Indonesia’s Green Future eyesonindonesia While global leaders sign declarations under the bright lights of international summits, the real work of saving the planet happens in the details. In Indonesia, that work has a face and a name: Haruni Krisnawati. As the world pivots toward the groundbreaking Tropical Forest Forever Facility…
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Why Indonesia is Betting on the “Forever” Fund Over Carbon Credits eyesonindonesia For decades, Indonesia’s vast rainforests—the lungs of Southeast Asia—have been a central battleground for climate finance. The primary tool of choice has been REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), a system of carbon credits that pays countries to stop destroying trees.…
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An opinion piece on behalf of Suriname by Anton JieSamFoek As the world searches for ways to confront the climate crisis, one conclusion is becoming unavoidable: cutting emissions alone will not be enough. Climate science is clear. Alongside rapid emissions reductions, we must also remove carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere. What has gone up must…
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