“It is crucial for us to further mainstream women’s empowerment to achieve just and sustainable transition,” Koba remarked while speaking at a webinar on 'Energy Transition and Rural Women,’ accessed virtually from here on Thursday.
He underlined the importance of changing the mindset from seeing women as objects of policies and programs into seeing women as agents of change.
“This transformation of mindset is particularly important in our efforts to ensure a sustainable and just energy transition,” he noted.
Nevertheless, a lot of rules are still required to turn this into reality, he said adding that inadequate access to energy has also led to an imbalance that has affected women and girls.
In many parts of the world, challenges to meet the needed sources of energy put the safety of women, who often bear the burden of finding sources of energy for their households, at risk, he said.
“It’s clear now the business-as-usual (mentality) does not fit the purpose anymore,” Koba highlighted.
For Indonesia, just energy transition is an essential element of its aim to reach net-zero emissions by 2060 or earlier, he said.
“We are committed to ensuring access to energy for everyone, including to women and girls. We are also aiming to develop our green industry with strong involvement of women and girls as its drivers and main beneficiaries,” he remarked.
Energy transition is among the three key focuses of Indonesia’s G20 Presidency besides global health architecture and digital transformation.
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