Climateworks Centre

Jannata (Egi) Giwangkara

Country Lead - Indonesia

As Indonesia Country Lead, Egi oversees the organisation’s strategy, partnerships, and program delivery to accelerate emissions reduction and sustainable development across key systems. He leads a multidisciplinary team, advancing climate actions through policy, finance, and industry collaborations, ensuring Climateworks’ impact is deeply aligned with Indonesia’s national priorities and regional decarbonisation pathways.

Prior to joining Climateworks, Egi served as Energy Transformation Program Manager at the Institute for Essential Services Reform, a leading Indonesian energy think tank. He has also contributed to climate and energy projects with multinational development agencies, including UNDP, USAID, and GIZ.

Egi holds a Master’s degree in Energy, Sustainability, and Environment from the University of Auckland and a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Climatology from Bogor Agricultural University (IPB).

Featured Work

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Raising Indonesia’s net zero ambition: the pivotal role of energy systems in setting and reaching a net zero target

Indonesia has pledged to reach net zero by 2070. But recent developments suggest Indonesia could raise its net zero ambition to 2060, or even sooner with international support.

24.05.21

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Energy

ASEAN Green Future – Phase 1 Reports

Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are already raising their climate commitments to meet the Paris Agreement aspiration of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.

29.11.21

ASEAN’s Emerging Mission for a Low Carbon Energy Transition

To date, almost all Southeast Asian nations have announced net zero emissions pledges, accounting for about 91 percent of the region’s carbon emissions.

06.12.21

Energy transitions in Vietnam and Indonesia: Building blocks for successful Just Energy Transition Partnerships

Southeast Asia is a fast-growing region with significant opportunities to accelerate decarbonisation. The recently announced Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETP) in Indonesia and Vietnam demonstrate strengthened commitment to accelerate the low-carbon transition in the region by developing a country-led model that aims to phase out/down unabated coal-fired power generation and cease issuance of coal-fired power plants, while ensuring equitable and inclusive outcomes for vulnerable workers, and communities in coal-dependent regions, consumers and incumbent companies.

19.05.23

Addressing financial and investment barriers to accelerating ASEAN’s clean energy transition

Ensuring Southeast Asia’s energy security and financial stability are among the priorities while Indonesia is ASEAN Chair in 2023. To achieve these goals, the region needs to accelerate and strengthen its clean energy transition through innovative financing solutions. Southeast Asia is a rapidly growing region, accounting for 3.6 per cent of the world’s economy in 2022.

24.08.23

Just Energy Transitions in Southeast Asia

Net zero governance frameworks are being adopted by governments across Southeast Asia. Many Southeast Asian countries have raised their climate ambition in recent years, either by strengthening their net zero goals or by more clearly articulating how they will achieve them.

07.03.24

What Indonesia’s next climate pledge could do for its people, environment and economy – The Briefing Room

Climateworks’ in-house experts explore what it could mean for Indonesia to increase its pledge to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

13.08.24

Indonesia’s energy transition crossroads: New administration, old challenges

Indonesia ushered in a new presidential administration, and climate circles around the country and region are speculating what the Prabowo administration means for climate progress. Through the Paris Agreement and its Long-Term Strategy for Low Carbon and Climate Resilience 2050, Indonesia has committed to be a net zero economy, indicating it can be a low-carbon economy by 2060 or earlier. Climate is not the only item on the administration’s agenda.

12.11.24

Fundamentals for developing a long-term renewable energy roadmap for ASEAN

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has a unique opportunity to develop a sustainable energy system based on renewable energy resources.

24.08.23

Climateworks Centre and the Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center sign MoU supporting low-carbon battery industry

On 17 October 2024, amidst growing global and regional demand for sustainable energy solutions, Climateworks Centre and the Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center entered into a partnership to develop a roadmap for critical mineral processing for the low-carbon battery industry between Indonesia and Australia.

28.10.24

Southeast Asian climate, energy leaders learn from Australian experience

A holistic, multidimensional approach to the energy transition was central to a two-week immersive experience for climate and energy leaders from Indonesia and Vietnam in early 2024. Climateworks Centre hosted 15 leaders for the inaugural Southeast Asia Just Energy Transition Fellowship Program, as part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Australia Awards Fellowships in February.

20.06.24

G20 seminar looks at how to finance just energy transition in emerging economies

A G20 seminar series, co-hosted by Climateworks Centre in Jakarta, has explored innovative approaches to financing that can help emerging economies to transition to renewable energy in a fair and sustainable way.

02.08.22

Jakarta event paves the way for place-based industrial decarbonisation in Indonesia

An event co-hosted by Climateworks Centre in Jakarta explored the opportunities presented by place-based decarbonisation in Indonesia. Last month’s event, held in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Industry, presented the concept of net zero industrial precincts (NZIPs) to representatives of government agencies, industry leaders, technology providers and investors and outlined Climateworks’ latest findings on their potential.

20.03.25

Southeast Asia’s critical role as a green industrial leader [↗️ Lowy Institute]

The region’s industrial transformation remains the key for long- term economic prosperity – and the world’s climate goals, write Trang Nguyen and Jannata (Egi) Giwangkara for the Lowy Institute Interpreter.

24.03.25

Indonesia’s climate governance: Retrospective evaluation following decentralisation reform

Climate governance plays a crucial role in influencing environmental actions and outcomes. Historically, Indonesia’s environmental governance followed a top-down approach, often delaying the translation of national policies to the local level.

07.05.25

Progress on just energy transitions in Vietnam and Indonesia

An analysis of the first 18 months of JETP implementation in Vietnam and Indonesia Southeast Asia is at a pivotal moment in its journey towards decarbonisation.

07.05.25

What’s next for Indonesia’s battery ambitions? Key insights from Climateworks’ latest analysis

Indonesia has the raw ingredients to play a major role in the global battery transition: vast nickel reserves, growing refining capacity and strong investor interest. Our latest analysis shows that natural endowments are a necessary condition for long-term leadership in the sector, but alone are not sufficient.

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Jannata (Egi) Giwangkara

Country Lead - Indonesia

Featured Work

Net Zero Industrial Precincts

Just Energy Transitions in Southeast Asia

Associated work

24.05.21

29.11.21

06.12.21

19.05.23

24.08.23

07.03.24

13.08.24

12.11.24

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28.10.24

20.06.24

02.08.22

20.03.25

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07.05.25

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