Projects

Research and technical assistance across Indonesia

From provincial budget systems in Kalimantan to fisheries credit in Maluku — where our research meets the field.

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Our project portfolio

Filter by research area, status or province. Each project page sets out objectives, partners, team, outputs and documentation.

20 projects

Climate Budget Tagging for East Kalimantan
Ongoing
Climate Finance PolicySamarinda, East Kalimantan

Climate Budget Tagging for East Kalimantan

Building a traceable climate expenditure system for the provincial government of East Kalimantan, covering budget tagging, outcome…

Funded byAsian Development Bank2024 – 2026
Ecological Fiscal Transfer Design for Aceh
Ongoing
Biodiversity & ClimateBanda Aceh, Aceh

Ecological Fiscal Transfer Design for Aceh

Designing and simulating an ecological fiscal transfer formula that rewards districts in Aceh for maintaining forest cover and protected…

Funded byUNDP Indonesia2025 – 2026
REDD+ Benefit Sharing in Central Kalimantan
Ongoing
Forest Conservation & Fiscal TransfersPalangka Raya, Central Kalimantan

REDD+ Benefit Sharing in Central Kalimantan

Tracing results-based climate payments from the national environment fund to village institutions, and identifying where value is lost along…

Funded byNorwegian Agency for Development Cooperation2024 – 2027
Indonesia Carbon Market Monitor
Ongoing
Carbon MarketJakarta

Indonesia Carbon Market Monitor

A continuous monitoring programme tracking price formation, traded volume and credit integrity across Indonesia's compliance and voluntary…

Funded byWorld Resources Institute2023 – 2026
Early Coal Retirement Economics in Java
Ongoing
Energy TransitionCilacap, Central Java

Early Coal Retirement Economics in Java

Plant-level modelling of the cost of retiring Java's coal fleet early, and evaluation of the instruments proposed to finance it.

Funded byJust Energy Transition Partnership Secretariat2025 – 2027
Climate Risk Stress Testing for Regional Banks
Ongoing
Climate Risk in FinanceBandung, West Java

Climate Risk Stress Testing for Regional Banks

Bottom-up physical and transition risk stress tests with six regional development banks, paired with downscaled hazard data for their…

Funded byOtoritas Jasa Keuangan & GIZ2025 – 2026
Mangrove Restoration Finance in South Sulawesi
Ongoing
Forest Conservation & Fiscal TransfersMakassar, South Sulawesi

Mangrove Restoration Finance in South Sulawesi

Cost curves and revenue models for community-led mangrove restoration across three coastal districts, including blue carbon credit…

Funded byGlobal Environment Facility2024 – 2026
Green Sukuk Impact Assessment
Completed
Sustainable InvestmentJakarta

Green Sukuk Impact Assessment

An independent assessment of whether Indonesia's sovereign green sukuk programme has changed real capital allocation or relabelled existing…

Funded byWorld Bank2023 – 2024
Peatland Restoration Finance in Riau
Ongoing
Climate Finance PolicyPekanbaru, Riau

Peatland Restoration Finance in Riau

Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of peatland rewetting and revegetation programmes in Riau, and the financing structures that could scale…

Funded byMinistry of Environment and Forestry2025 – 2027
Conservation Finance Baseline for Papua
Upcoming
Biodiversity & ClimateJayapura, Papua

Conservation Finance Baseline for Papua

Establishing the first consolidated baseline of conservation finance flows into Papua and West Papua, across public, donor and private…

Funded byWildlife Conservation Society & Bappenas2026 – 2027
Sustainable Fisheries Finance in Maluku
Ongoing
Climate Risk in FinanceAmbon, Maluku

Sustainable Fisheries Finance in Maluku

Designing climate-resilient credit products for small-scale fisheries in Maluku, where warming seas are shifting catch composition and…

Funded byAsian Development Bank2025 – 2026
Drought Adaptation Finance in East Nusa Tenggara
Completed
Climate Finance PolicyKupang, East Nusa Tenggara

Drought Adaptation Finance in East Nusa Tenggara

Assessing adaptation financing needs and instrument options for drought-exposed agricultural districts in East Nusa Tenggara.

Funded byUNDP Indonesia2023 – 2024
Ongoing
Climate Risk in Finance

Climate Risk and Finance Program

A CCSF research program examining how climate-related physical and transition risk is measured, priced and managed across Indonesia's…

2025 – ongoing
Ongoing
Energy Transition

Energy Transition and Sustainable Finance Program

A CCSF research program on the financing structures and policy reforms needed to accelerate Indonesia's transition away from coal toward…

2025 – ongoing
Ongoing
Forest Conservation & Fiscal Transfers

Forest Cover and Transformative Fiscal Transfer

Research launched in 2023 examining how fiscal transfer mechanisms can reward regional governments for maintaining forest cover.

2023 – ongoing
Ongoing
Energy Transition

Just Energy Transition and Response Diversity

Research on the fiscal, labour-market and social safeguards needed to make Indonesia's coal phase-down a just transition for affected…

2023 – ongoing
Ongoing
Energy Transition

Sub-National Development Banks to Decarbonize Regional Economy

Research examining how Indonesia's regional development banks (BPD) can align their lending portfolios with decarbonization goals.

2023 – ongoing
Ongoing
Agricultural Trade & Sustainability

Trade, Development and Environment Hub (Trade Hub)

A Global Challenges Research Fund programme, supported by UK Research and Innovation (GCRF UKRI), studying the socio-economic and…

Funded byUK Research and Innovation (GCRF)2022 – ongoing
Ongoing
Forest Conservation & Fiscal Transfers

Global Comparative Study on REDD+: Knowledge for Action to Protect Tropical Forests and Enhance Rights

A multi-country research program, funded by the Royal Norwegian Government, studying the finance and science-policy interface of REDD+…

Funded byGovernment of Norway2022 – ongoing
Ongoing
Forest Conservation & Fiscal Transfers

Farmers for Forest Fund (4F)

Research addressing palm oil smallholders and financing mechanisms that link farmer livelihoods to forest conservation outcomes.

2023 – ongoing