Geographies
IISD’s Energy Transition in Southeast Asia researchers work in three countries to provide tailored guidance that addresses national circumstances while applying international experiences.
Indonesia
As Indonesia works towards its 2060 net-zero commitment and ambitious transport electrification targets, the country is advancing a range of policies to reduce emissions across the economy. These include longstanding efforts to rationalize energy subsidies, the development of an emissions trading system (ETS), and the exploration of options for a broader carbon tax.
IISD's work in Indonesia supports these priorities by contributing evidence on the design and alignment of fossil fuel subsidy reform, the design of clean energy subsidies, carbon pricing, and transport electrification policies. Our focus is on improving market design, fiscal frameworks, and integration across policy instruments so that carbon pricing contributes effectively to climate and development goals.
Working alongside government and industry partners, our work supports evidence-based solutions that link carbon pricing, subsidy reform, and the shift to electric vehicles with broader decarbonization goals.
Philippines
The Philippines is building legislative momentum on carbon pricing and has enacted the Comprehensive Roadmap for the Electric Vehicle Industry to accelerate the shift to electric mobility. Progress has been constrained, however, by limited fiscal and financial incentives, public resistance to mass transport electrification, and gaps in charging infrastructure.
IISD’s work in the Philippines supports carbon market implementation and readiness, alongside transport electrification. This includes modelling the economic, environmental, and social implications of different carbon pricing approaches, supporting evidence-based design of incentives for public transport electrification, strengthening regulatory enforcement and coordination, and advancing the expansion of charging infrastructure to help achieve decarbonization goals.
Viet Nam
Viet Nam has laid important legal foundations for carbon markets and is preparing for a pilot ETS, strengthening its measurement, reporting, and certification system and responding to carbon border adjustment mechanism pressures.
IISD’s work in Viet Nam aims to support these goals by sharing expertise on ETS design, supporting trade policy analysis, and exploring opportunities to strengthen environmental protection taxes and fees.