The Indonesian leader promised to retire all coal power plants in the country within 15 years, but the country’s delegation at Baku failed to mention the funding gaps and access barriers in order to achieve it.
The decision on who will host COP31 has been deferred until next June. But whether or not Australia ends up winning the bid, the world's third-largest fossil fuel exporter needs to develop a plan to phase out its coal and gas production.
Allowing private firms to sell clean power directly to consumers via PLN's networks could help the country meet its targets without burdening the national budget and to let the state-owned electricity utility focus on grid modernisation.