LSM Indonesia dan Wadah Pemikir Internasional Terkait Menyerukan kepada Industri Fashion untuk Mengesampingkan Biomassa demi Memastikan Transisi Energi Bersih dari Bahan Bakar Fosil dan Solusi Pal

An open letter from Indonesian civil society organizations and international think tanks urging global fashion brands to abandon biomass as a fuel source in their supply chains, arguing that it is a 'false solution' that drives deforestation and undermines the transition to truly clean energy like solar and wind.

• Global fashion brands, including H&M, Puma, Adidas, and Inditex, are promoting biomass as a 'low carbon' alternative to coal for their suppliers in Southeast Asia, despite claims that biomass emissions are high and the practice undermines climate commitments.
• The push for biomass energy crops threatens significant deforestation in Indonesia, potentially leading to the loss of over 2 million hectares of natural forest, an area equivalent to 35 times the size of Jakarta province.
• The Indonesian government aims for 23% of its energy to come from renewable sources by 2025, with the state-owned energy company PLN planning to burn over 10 million tons of biomass across 52 coal-fired power plants using materials such as sawdust, wood pellets, palm shells, and rice husks.
• Biomass is criticized as an ineffective decarbonization strategy because wood biomass can produce more CO2 emissions per kilowatt hour of electricity than coal, and the process releases carbon stored in trees and soil into the atmosphere.
• Large-scale biomass production is linked to adverse impacts on local communities and indigenous peoples, including threats to food and water security, as well as public health issues due to particulate emissions from biomass combustion.

APA

TrendAsia (2023). LSM Indonesia dan Wadah Pemikir Internasional Terkait Menyerukan kepada Industri Fashion untuk Mengesampingkan Biomassa demi Memastikan Transisi Energi Bersih dari Bahan Bakar Fosil dan Solusi Pal. Trend Asia. https://trendasia.org/lsm-lsm-indonesia-dan-wadah-pemikir-internasional-terkait-menyerukan-kepada-industri-fashion-untuk-mengesampingkan-biomassa-demi-memastikan-transisi-energi-bersih-dari-bahan-bakar-fosil-dan-solusi-pal/

Chicago

TrendAsia. LSM Indonesia dan Wadah Pemikir Internasional Terkait Menyerukan kepada Industri Fashion untuk Mengesampingkan Biomassa demi Memastikan Transisi Energi Bersih dari Bahan Bakar Fosil dan Solusi Pal. Trend Asia, 2023. https://trendasia.org/lsm-lsm-indonesia-dan-wadah-pemikir-internasional-terkait-menyerukan-kepada-industri-fashion-untuk-mengesampingkan-biomassa-demi-memastikan-transisi-energi-bersih-dari-bahan-bakar-fosil-dan-solusi-pal/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{trendasia2023lsm, author = {TrendAsia}, title = {{LSM Indonesia dan Wadah Pemikir Internasional Terkait Menyerukan kepada Industri Fashion untuk Mengesampingkan Biomassa demi Memastikan Transisi Energi Bersih dari Bahan Bakar Fosil dan Solusi Pal}}, publisher = {Trend Asia}, year = {2023}, month = sep, url = {https://trendasia.org/lsm-lsm-indonesia-dan-wadah-pemikir-internasional-terkait-menyerukan-kepada-industri-fashion-untuk-mengesampingkan-biomassa-demi-memastikan-transisi-energi-bersih-dari-bahan-bakar-fosil-dan-solusi-pal/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }