Catatan Kritis Trend Asia atas Debat Cawapres ke IV Komitmen Transisi Energi yang Kontraproduktif di tengah Minimnya Jaring Pengaman Hukum dan Sosial Ekonomi bagi Masyarakat dan Kelestarian Lingkungan

Trend Asia provides a critical analysis of the fourth vice-presidential debate of the 2024 Indonesian election, arguing that the candidates' commitments to energy transition are counterproductive and lack necessary legal and socio-economic safeguards for communities and the environment.

• Trend Asia asserts that the vice-presidential candidates offered technical gimmicks rather than meaningful solutions for grassroots issues, failing to address the impacts of extractive development such as mining, palm oil, and coal-fired power plants (PLTU). The document notes that nickel exploitation in Sulawesi and Maluku has actually increased poverty, citing a 0.16% increase in the poverty rate in Southeast Sulawesi from September 2022 (11.27%) to March 2023 (11.43%).
• The document highlights a lack of law enforcement against legal companies that violate regulations, contrasting the candidates' focus on illegal mining. It claims that 29% of fire hotspots in the 2023 forest and land fires (Karhutla) occurred in Energy Plantation Forests (HTE) owned by legal companies, including state-owned enterprises like Perhutani. Additionally, it reports 53 smelter worker deaths in Indonesia between 2015 and 2022, including at IMIP.
• Trend Asia argues that candidates narrowed the scope of agrarian reform to land legalization, ignoring broader issues of space and land grabbing by National Strategic Projects (PSN). It cites the conflict in Wadas, where residents were intimidated by state apparatus for refusing to release land for andesite mining, and notes that the Jokowi administration only met 1.6 million hectares of its 9 million hectare target for land legalization and distribution.
• The energy transition proposals are criticized as being vulnerable to 'false solutions' and remaining centrally oriented. Trend Asia identifies Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage (CCUS) as an expensive and ineffective tool for greenwashing, citing IEEFA (2022) costs of US$ 50-100 per ton. It also criticizes the promotion of geothermal energy in areas like Sorik Marapi and Dieng due to risks of water pollution, noise, and economic loss.
• The document claims that the candidates failed to address the structural causes of the climate crisis and its link to food security, focusing instead on narrow issues like fertilizer procurement. It describes the 'Food Estate' program under Jokowi as counterproductive and argues that the candidates' use of the term 'greenflation' is incorrect, suggesting 'fossilflation' instead because inflation of basic needs is linked to fossil energy.
• Trend Asia notes the absence of discussions regarding coal addiction and the retirement of coal-fired power plants (PLTU). It warns that the term 'New Energy' used by candidates still includes coal-based sources such as coal bed methane, liquefied coal, and co-firing (mixing coal with wood).

APA

Trend Asia (2024). Catatan Kritis Trend Asia atas Debat Cawapres ke IV Komitmen Transisi Energi yang Kontraproduktif di tengah Minimnya Jaring Pengaman Hukum dan Sosial Ekonomi bagi Masyarakat dan Kelestarian Lingkungan. https://trendasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Critical-Notes-Trend-Asia-atas-Debat-Cawapres-ke-IV.pdf

Chicago

Trend Asia. Catatan Kritis Trend Asia atas Debat Cawapres ke IV Komitmen Transisi Energi yang Kontraproduktif di tengah Minimnya Jaring Pengaman Hukum dan Sosial Ekonomi bagi Masyarakat dan Kelestarian Lingkungan. 2024. https://trendasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Critical-Notes-Trend-Asia-atas-Debat-Cawapres-ke-IV.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Trend Asia |title=Catatan Kritis Trend Asia atas Debat Cawapres ke IV Komitmen Transisi Energi yang Kontraproduktif di tengah Minimnya Jaring Pengaman Hukum dan Sosial Ekonomi bagi Masyarakat dan Kelestarian Lingkungan |date=21 January 2024 |url=https://trendasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Critical-Notes-Trend-Asia-atas-Debat-Cawapres-ke-IV.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{trendasia2024catatan, author = {{Trend Asia}}, title = {{Catatan Kritis Trend Asia atas Debat Cawapres ke IV Komitmen Transisi Energi yang Kontraproduktif di tengah Minimnya Jaring Pengaman Hukum dan Sosial Ekonomi bagi Masyarakat dan Kelestarian Lingkungan}}, publisher = {Trend Asia}, year = {2024}, month = jan, url = {https://trendasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Critical-Notes-Trend-Asia-atas-Debat-Cawapres-ke-IV.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }