Renewable Energy Regulations in Indonesia and India: A Comparative Study on Legal Framework

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Ridoan Karim
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0835-3137
Farahdilah Ghazali
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1966-9690
Abdul Haseeb Ansari
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7380-3862

Abstract

Individually and collectively, climate change has become the international agenda due to global warming and unusual weather patterns. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) claims that the future world can only survive if the human civilisation takes a drastic turn towards renewable;e energy production. Besides, the pandemic COVID-19 has ventured us to revisit our behaviour towards the environment.  Indonesia and India, being two giant economies, has promised under the Paris Climate Agreement to support the international agendas of climate change and sustainable development goals. Many countries have shown their commitment to lower their carbon emissions by using renewable energy sources significantly. Renewable energy generation opens a feasible door to attempts to combat climate change. This comparative analysis assesses the renewable energy laws and policies in Indonesia and India, as they work towards their climate change commitments (UNFCCC). This research operates within comparative qualitative methodological structures and uses secondary empirical sources. Building on similar and relative exposures, both the countries should benefit from each other and learn the legal and political implications to speed up the production of renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Karim, R., Ghazali, F., & Ansari, A. H. (2020). Renewable Energy Regulations in Indonesia and India: A Comparative Study on Legal Framework. Journal of Indonesian Legal Studies, 5(2), 361-390. https://doi.org/10.15294/jils.v5i2.41986
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Author Biographies

Ridoan Karim, School of Business, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University Malaysia

Ridoan Karim is a Lecturer at the Department of Business Law and Taxation, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia. He has taught and researched in the fields of business and international trade law. Being a passionate researcher and academic, Ridoan has widely published in peer-reviewed journals and presented papers in several national and international conferences in his areas of interest, i.e. ‘legal and regulatory aspects of energy’, ‘science, technology and law’, ‘privacy and data protection law’, ‘human rights law’, ‘health and medical law’, ‘legal research’, and ‘Asian and comparative law’, etc. 

Farahdilah Ghazali, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu

Dr. Farahdilah Ghazali is a Lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). She obtained her PhD from Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia. She is an expert on Energy Law and Policy & Climate Change.

Abdul Haseeb Ansari, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia

Professor Dr. Abdul Haseeb Ansari is a retired academician who served more than twenty (20) years at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He is an expert on Law and Policy; Living Modified Organism (LMO); Marine & Coastal & Climate Change.

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