Parliament Discusses Three Bills on Climate Change Control and the Energy Transition
MPR Deputy Speaker Eddy Soeparno highlighted the importance of an integrated legal framework to strengthen climate resilience in Indonesia. He said parliament was discussing three bills related to climate change control and the energy transition.
“Among the ways we are demonstrating our climate commitment is through three pieces of legislation currently under discussion in parliament,” Eddy said at the Bali Climate Week 2026 forum at the Prama Hotel Sanur Beach in Denpasar, Bali, on Wednesday (14 October 2026).
The three bills are the Just Climate Change Control Bill, the New and Renewable Energy Bill, and the Electricity Bill. Eddy said discussions on the New and Renewable Energy Bill were nearing their final stage.
The Electricity Bill is expected to support an accelerated energy transition. According to Eddy, climate change is directly linked to national resilience, affecting everything from food and water availability to public safety, particularly for vulnerable groups.
Eddy said the effects of climate change were already apparent in droughts in several regions that threatened farmers. Other impacts included hydrometeorological disasters, land subsidence in Jakarta and rising sea levels along Java’s northern coast.
“Climate change threatens the most fundamental things for a country: food, water, air, territory and the safety of its people, especially the most vulnerable,” Eddy said.
He said climate change adaptation and mitigation were planned to be incorporated into the national development strategy. He also stressed the importance of collaboration to strengthen climate resilience, involving the government, parliament, industry, academics and civil society.
On the legislative process, the House of Representatives has received the latest draft of the Just Climate Change Control Bill from its Expertise Agency. The draft, comprising 26 chapters and 157 articles, is being discussed by Commission XII of the House before it is taken to a plenary session for approval and submission to the government.
Eddy said the bill would also set out mechanisms for complaints and dispute resolution, protections for climate advocates, and the division of responsibilities between central and regional governments. Stronger regulations are expected to provide legal certainty for the implementation of the climate agenda and encourage investment in the sector.
“The next key step is to strengthen national commitment by discussing the three bills I have mentioned with meaningful participation, so that legal certainty can quickly unlock climate investment,” he said.