How can Indonesia and Denmark cooperate to address challenges in the energy sector?

Energy use is central to climate change, but also to sustainability in general. Addressing both goals at the same time leads to the formulation and analysis of strategies that lead to environmentally compatible and sustainable energy systems.  First, Indonesia and Denmark cooporate and have to think for next generation. No matter what one's philosophy on an afterlife, the here and now is where the immediate action is, and where our ethics and values should guide our behaviour towards living good lives, taking care of others and considering the impact we have on ourselvesm our fellow living being and the world in which we live. Indonesia and Denmark cooporate to have focus on environmentally compatible longterm developments of the global energy system, but also includes aspects of economic and social sustainability. Sustainable development has been the core concept for creating a world that people can enjoy today and that assures sustainable livelihoods for future generations.

The notion of environmental sustainability goes even further and requires the maintenance of the ‘physical property of the environment. This view requires the preservation of the ecological function of the environment, which is defined in terms of scientific knowledge on ecological property of natural assets. This requirement still permits human consumption of natural assets (such as clean air), provided that the ecological function of the environment recovers in the near term. Different assumptions on technology strategies lead to different energy systems, which in general have different impacts on the environment. This is true in the near and the long term as well as on a world regional and the global level. We now proceed to presenting the environmental implications of choosing one or the other technology strategy.

Indonesia and Denmark cooperate need for a modern, up-to-date energy conservation code addressing the design of energy-efficient building envelopes and installation of energy efficient mechanical, lighting and power systems through requirements emphasizing performance. From 2005 to 2030 world energy consumption is projected to expand by 50 percent. In the same period energy consumption in the developing countries of Asia. Most mainstream energy analysist assume that the bulk of this will be met by fossil fuels, though they dont explain whether the availability of supplies might become an issue, and what the ever-increasing global use of fossil fuels might mean for the global climate.

Renewable energy, therefore, is the most plausible energy source for underpinning sustainable energy source for underpinning sustainable economic development. The only logical and safe option is to channel all possible resources into a new world energy system, based on renewable world energies which can provide millions of jobs, new industries, and exports, energy security, and protection of the climate and environment.

Renewable energy is the only reasonable and logical choice, with a huge variatey of benefits; and the switch must be prioritized immediately. Renewable energy and its applications are varied, and provide a unique energy endowment for each country. There is no one-size-fits-all approach on technology and policy which can be advocated. Ultimately, it will be up to each nation to determine how best to harness and protect investment in its renewable resources, and to decide how to share them.

There is no doubt that the renewables transistion must happen, but those who currently gain most financially from the conventional energy industry will certainly put up a fight. However, the multiple benefits of renewable energy are increasingly widely understood, and the are being embraced by a rapidly growing number of nations across the world. Change is coming, and not a moment too soon.There is great deal of global activity on renewables, and it is feasible to provide baseload and peak power requirements through a combination of diverse renewable production, energy efficiency, smart grids, storage, electric vehicles, demand management, time-of-use charges - in other words smart generation and smart use. How we make this happen fastest is up to policymakers and those who wish to influence them.

The energy systems that have made the modern world possible, based on the combustion of ever-diminishing amounts of fossil fuels, will also be the cause of its demise as it leads to ever-increasing amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The rapid transition to renewable energy seems inevitable if humanity wishes to have a future. But at the same time we have to deal with the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and the only realistic way to do this is to enhance the capacity of the biosphere to do absorb them. Many millions of jobs can be created in a world based on renewable energy, energy sufficiency, green manufacturing and recyling, sustainable water managament, farming and forestry. But in this new departure the world yearns for equality of opportunity, with real benefits to people all over the world.

Due to the heavy reliance of moderb civilisation on intensive energy consumption, the accelerated development of renewable technologies will play a crucial role in the realisation of the shared vision of sustainable development. It will impose a new dimension in the new and renewable energy technology development. Increasing efficiency is an ever-lasting demand of modem technologies. The miniaturisation of the systems for energy conversion has opened a new sphere of activity which is of particular importance to renewable energy technologies.Increasing the share of renewable energy sources in the energy balance enhances sustainability and helps to improve the security of energy supply by reducing dependence on imported energy sources. In addition, the development of energy efficiency is a central aim of the world energy policy in order to contribute in reducing greenhouse emissions.

The choice is ours: form a global partnership to care for Earth and one another or risk the destruction of ourselves and the diversity of life. Fundamental changes are needed in our values, institutions, and ways of living.(DD)