Climate Curve

Politeknik Batulicin — Energy Transition Research Group

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Year Founded

2015

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Project Summary / Description:

This initiative develops a multi-scale, policy-ready decarbonization modeling framework that integrates energy system optimization, machine-learning forecasting, and socio-economic analysis to support informed climate decision-making. By combining spatially resolved energy modeling with carbon-pricing simulations, renewable integration scenarios, and just-transition assessments, the platform enables governments and stakeholders to evaluate emissions-reduction pathways, quantify economic impacts, and design equitable energy-transition policies. The approach is scalable to other emerging economies, providing a replicable methodology for accelerating global decarbonization.

How Project Affects Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions:

['Replaces/avoids GHGs (e.g., projects that replace sources of GHGs, such as the burning of fossil fuels for electricity, heat, transport, or other energy uses)', 'Reduces GHGs (e.g., projects that reduce sources of GHGs, such as through efficiency or other changes in consumption)']

Impact on Underrepresented Groups:

Our project embeds equity and representation in both its analytical framework and its team composition. By incorporating socio-economic modeling and just-transition metrics, we directly address the impacts of energy shifts on communities that are typically excluded from technical climate planning—such as coal-dependent labor groups, peripheral provinces, and economically vulnerable households. Our scenarios explicitly quantify social burdens and benefits, helping ensure that climate policy does not disproportionately disadvantage low-income or rural communities.

Within our leadership team, two members—Harmiyati and Effiza Rosalia—are women researchers specializing in social policy, governance, and community impact. Their perspectives strengthen the project's integration of inclusivity, fairness, and grassroots understanding. Additionally, our collaboration spans institutions in Indonesia and Turkey, bringing diverse international academic viewpoints into a shared climate-transition mission.

By emphasizing inter-provincial equity, social vulnerability mapping, and inclusive economic transition strategies, the project elevates perspectives that are often marginalized in energy-transition discourse. Ultimately, we shift climate action beyond technical engineering toward socially grounded justice-based decarbonization.

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Mission Statement:

To advance research, innovation, and applied solutions that support sustainable development and energy transition for the benefit of society. We are committed to generating knowledge, building human capacity, and delivering real-world impact through collaboration with government, industry, and communities.

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