Indonesia reports tepid carbon trading in first year

Without regulatory pressure, emitters have no incentive to buy credits

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Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, center, at the September 2023 launch of the carbon credit market. (Presidential Secretariat)

TOMOYOSHI OSHIKIRI, Nikkei staff writer

JAKARTA -- Trading of carbon credits remained generally quiet on the Indonesia Carbon Exchange in its first year, with much of the private sector lacking a regulatory incentive to purchase them.

Trading on the new bourse, part of the Indonesia Stock Exchange, totaled 37 billion rupiah ($2.35 million) in the year since it opened on Sept. 26, 2023, the stock exchange said. The value represents only a mild increase from the roughly 29 billion rupiah recorded on the launch day.

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