‘Not true’ that Indonesia will shut down all coal plants by 2040, says climate and energy envoy

Published on February 4, 2025

Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto’s pledge to retire the country’s fossil fuel plants last year was “misquoted by the media”, claims the leader’s brother Hashim Djojohadikusumo, arguing that such a move would be “economic suicide”.

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