Decarbonizing road passenger transport and reaping health benefits in Indonesia

Indonesia can reduce road transport emissions by up to 84% by 2050 through a multifaceted strategy of avoiding travel demand, shifting to public transport, and improving vehicle efficiency via electric vehicles and biofuels. The document recommends stronger policy enforcement, stricter fuel efficiency standards, targeted infrastructure incentives, and improved data collection and emission tracking to achieve these goals.

• Indonesia has the potential to decrease its road transport emissions by as much as 84% by 2050 and enhance public health by combining strategic policies, technological progress, and changes in travel behavior.
• A comprehensive decarbonization strategy for Indonesia should focus on three main pillars: avoiding emissions by lowering travel demand, shifting from individual vehicles to public transport, and enhancing vehicle efficiency through the expansion of electric vehicles and the interim use of biofuels.
• To achieve these benefits and ensure accountability, Indonesia needs to implement stronger policy measures, stricter fuel efficiency standards, targeted incentives for clean infrastructure, better travel behavior data collection, a national emission-tracking system, and localized carbon-reduction targets.

APA

Haq, G., Busch, J., & O'Reilly, K. (2025). Decarbonizing road passenger transport and reaping health benefits in Indonesia. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/publications/decarbonizing-road-passenger-transport-indonesia/

Chicago

Haq, Gary, Jana Busch, and Kate O'Reilly. Decarbonizing road passenger transport and reaping health benefits in Indonesia. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2025. https://www.sei.org/publications/decarbonizing-road-passenger-transport-indonesia/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{haq2025decarbonizing, author = {Haq, Gary and Busch, Jana and O'Reilly, Kate}, title = {{Decarbonizing road passenger transport and reaping health benefits in Indonesia}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2025}, month = may, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/decarbonizing-road-passenger-transport-indonesia/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }