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International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2021, 11(3), 395-402.

Indonesia’s New SDGs Agenda for Green Growth – Emphasis in 
the Energy Sector

Suparjo Suparjo1, Surya Darma2*, Nia Kurniadin1, Jati Kasuma3, Priyagus Priyagus4,  
Dio Caisar Darma5, Haryadi Haryadi6

1Department of Geomatics Technology, Politeknik Pertanian Negeri Samarinda, Indonesia, 2Department of Agrotechnology, 
Faculty of Agriculture, Mulawarman University, Indonesia, 3Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi Mara 
(Sarawak branch), Malaysia, 4Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Mulawarman University, Indonesia, 
5Department of Management, Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Samarinda, Indonesia, 6Department of Economics, Faculty of 
Economics and Business, Jambi University, Indonesia. *Email: surya_darma@faperta.unmul.ac.id

Received: 17 December 2020 Accepted: 06 March 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.11091

ABSTRACT

The concept of green growth is one part of the realization of sustainable development. To support this mission, Indonesia is taking part in global change 
by accelerating the development programs contained in the SDGs. We need to study Green Growth (GG) which is determined by the empowerment of 
the energy sector such as Source of Electric Lighting (SEL), Renewable Energy Mix (REM), and Primary Energy Intensity (PEI) in Indonesia. Time-
series data were analyzed using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) modeling in the 2015-2024 period. The result, of the three targeted hypotheses, only 
two can be accepted which are explained by SEL and PEI have a positive effect on GG. In another exploration, one hypothesis that was rejected was 
that REM had a negative effect on GG. The implications of this study are brought to the attention of our findings that have raised important points, 
especially in the SDGs document on the energy sector.

Keywords: Sustainability, Electric Lighting, Renewable Energy, Energy Intensity, Green Growth, Indonesia 
JEL Classifications: Q56, L94, Q42, Q43, O13

1. INTRODUCTION

Esquivel (2016) reflects on the “2030 Agenda Documents” 
published by large foundations and non-governmental organizations 
from all over the country that spend billions of dollars in budgets 
that have determined various aspects contained in the Sustainable 
Development Goals (SGDs). In addition, intergovernmental 
institutions that handle major financial and trade issues, especially 
from large countries, are influential actors who determine certain 
aspects of the SDGs.

The designs in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 
have resulted in innovations, new partnerships, shown rapid 
progress, and dragged public opinion with ambitious goals 

(Kumar et al., 2016). However, the limitations of the MDGs 
gave rise to sharp criticism of important development goals, so 
the SDGs were adopted to reflect the convergence that is getting 
stronger in the global development agenda (Hulme, 2010). In 
addition, the SDGs also strengthen human rights, gender equality, 
and non-discrimination for the weak.

The target of increasing economic growth of 9.2% is consistently 
considered the main driver of development and countries are 
expected to support this significantly. The relevance between Gross 
Domestic Product (GDP) and the share of industrial jobs that are 
part of the SDGs, needs to focus on this (Ruhil, 2017; Rahman 
et al., 2019). The development mission can also be aligned by 
combining the subjects represented by the government, business 

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people, and other private sectors with the object of development 
itself, namely the community. Cappo and Verity (2014) focuses 
on an inclusive paradigm defined as a “participatory concept,” in 
which they begin to be valued, involved, and their basic needs are 
met by considering local wisdom and community.

In 2013, something surprising happened, because the population 
density is in a large number of cities in Indonesia. As an illustration, 
the area of these big cities is proportional to the area of Europe 
today. The general picture in Figure 1 projects four major cities 
(DKI Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, and Makassar) which qualify 
based on GDP growth and proportion of population density. The 
size of the map has also been adjusted with several other cities 
for comparison, achieving economic growth of around 7%/year. 
Generally, cities that are classified as “developing” have a low 
growth category or <5% and the rest comes from the basis of 
“fast-growing” cities whose growth potential accounts for around 
5% to 7%. We focused on the criteria of “developed cities” in 
Surabaya, Bandung, DKI Jakarta, and Makassar which had GDP 
growth above 7%, which were more prominent because of high 
political support, trade advantages, human resource interests, 
infrastructure, geography, investment flows abundant, and other 
factors which caused particular attention to these cities.

In essence, a transition to a “green” paradigm is urgently needed 
through fundamental changes as a consequence of shifting 
conventional GDP to green GDP. This requires a scenario 
that involves the transformation of social, economic, and 
environmental policies. A must integrate these three elements in 
a special policy. Explicitly, it is necessary to formulate solutions 
that are appropriate and mutually beneficial. Pasaribu (2013) 
emphasizes that a green perspective is not a new topic for 
Indonesia. Indonesia’s development strategy must refer to four 
important points in development, including pro-jobs, pro-growth, 
pro-environment, and pro-poor.

The prediction by Yusuf (2010) that takes into account the value of 
green GDP in Indonesia has reduced the quality of the environment 
and also has an impact on the depletion of natural resources. 
The estimates indicated for the last several periods, green GDP 
growth in Indonesia amounted to 87% of the total conventional 
GDP. In 2010, around IDR 835 trillion was spent and spent on 
environmental costs. In the same year, the central government 
has budgeted the environmental costs of IDR 900 trillion from 
the initial plan.

Given the vital role of SGDs towards economic prosperity that 
takes into account environmental sustainability, we need to 
consider several goals in SGDs related to the energy sector to 
support Indonesia’s green economic growth. The composition of 
this article is arranged in several stages. The first section describes 
the background and objectives. The second part is the literature 
review that is relevant to the article. In the third section, outline the 
steps in the method. Part four discusses the results and findings. 
Next, part five is for confirmation of the conclusion.

2. LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1. MDGs versus SDGs
The concept of environmentally friendly has been initiated since 
2000 which involves the participation of all countries to agree 
on eight measurable and specific global elements related to 
development goals. The MDGs are the missionary responsibility 
of all components in the “millennium summit” for the togetherness 
of the government and its people (Diouf, 2019).

The MDGs are deemed to have failed to address sustainability 
in a complex manner. Ideally, objectives that are relevant to the 
situation in some cases, eg extra measures to tackle climate change 
are not a “priority.” Ranked 13th, climate change is considered 

Figure 1: GDP growth and population density by cities in Indonesia, 2030

Source: AGRE (2020)



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less important and it shows relative importance by objective. 
Vandemoortele (2018) explains that climate change is not among 
the top three priorities, so issues in the MDGs such as hunger, 
poverty, and child mortality raise questions about whether the 
three problems are urgent by the world today.

The weaknesses in the MDGs are only aimed at developing 
countries, while the SDGs have a more universal prospect. Thus, 
the SDGs are presented to replace the MDGs in a direction that is 
more in line with the challenges of the global future. The concept 
of SDGs is also needed as a new development framework that 
accommodates changes that have occurred after the MDGs, 
especially focusing on every global situation since 2000 such as 
health (WHO, 2015).

2.2. Sustainable Development
Lack of understanding of the concept of “sustainable development” 
is still a serious problem faced by the government, academics, 
private companies, and the government. Mostly, the interpretation 
of SD is more likely to be caused by the incomplete concept of SD 
(Shi et al., 2019). The basic principles of certain SD organizations 
or groups have partly influenced the mindset of individuals towards 
SD. In practice, SD is not based on suggestions and goals but is 
interpreted as a simple process of transformation that takes place 
without limitations (Broman and Robert, 2017).

The aim of SD is to demonstrate that protection of the environment 
need not sacrifice well-being. In this conception, SD as opposed 
to “green growth” directly reacts to economic growth. According 
to Kasztelan (2017), SD also ignores vital issues related to the 
consequences of environmental protection, economic growth, 
and business aspects of the main objectives of SD. In relation to 
the emphasis on compatibility, the SD contained in green growth 
also claims that environmental protection can contribute to the 
expansion of growth.

2.3. Green Growth
UNEP (2011) links green economic growth as a green economy 
idea that is oriented towards strengthening social justice and 
community welfare along with ecological deficiencies and 
reducing the resulting environmental impacts. Although this 
concept is relatively new in the scientific community, has become 
a recent topic on the global scene, has been highlighted for 
discussion, and needs analysis in the last few decades, its role has 
been extraordinary in the ecological and environmental economics 
sectors (Kasztelan, 2017).

Throughout history, it was the first time the concept was used in 
the international “Blueprint for a Green Economy” report, as the 
British government had been the leader since 1989 to prepare a 
board of leading environmental economists (Barbier, 2011).

Stjepanović et al. (2019) respond to the importance of the 
economic dimension to a green growth approach that is very 
different from traditional GDP benchmarks, so it is necessary 
to integrate additional information qualitatively through method 
scouring of the opportunity costs of lost turnover and the costs of 
environmental damage (Rahman et al., 2017).

2.4. Alternative Policies to Crisis
Figure 2 categorizes the elements that formulate goals against the 
socio-economic paradigm aligned with the notion of progress, 
thus contributing to shaping discourse on alternative policies. The 
ILO (2009) designed several solutions to overcome the crisis and 
were categorized into three groups, namely projects for the green 
economy, projects for socio-economic transformation, and national 
stimulus packages that focus on all changes. Bernard et al. (2009) 
instructed each policy to be differentiated by its conception, socio-
economic paradigm, and main objective.

At present, Bina and La Kamera (2011) draw a process that goes 
to the right and centers on ecological economic theory, explicitly 
provides a theoretical basis for environmental sustainability, has a 
systematic effect, illustrates the notion of boundaries, then highlights 
the need for the broad meaning of welfare, and raises important 
questions covering intergenerational and intra-generational justice.

3. METHODOLOGY

3.1. Measurement of Variables and Hypotheses
The variables that we determine are measured by two types, 
namely the independent variable and the independent variable. 
The provisions for independent variables as determinants directly 
predict or influence the dependent variable and vice versa the 
dependent variable is the variable predicted by the independent 
variable (e.g. Wijayanti and Darma, 2019; Asih et al., 2020).

Those that act as independent variables are Source of Electric 
Lighting (SEL), Renewable Energy Mix (REM), and Primary 
Energy Intensity (PEI). Meanwhile, Green Growth (GG) is an 
independent variable. Table 1 describes the operational definition 
of each of these variables.

Based on this linear equation, Figure 3 is compiled for the 
completeness of the study model design. SEL indicator is located in 
SDG 1 “Ending Poverty in All Forms, Everywhere,” then SDGs 2 
“Ensuring Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable and Modern 
Energy for All” divides the two indicators (REM and PEI), and 
GG is the ultimate goal expected in the green economy concept. 
The hypothesis proposals are sorted as follows:
Hypothesis-1: There is a positive effect of SEL on GG.
Hypothesis-2: There is a positive effect of REM on GG.
Hypothesis-3: There is a positive effect of PEI on GG.

3.2. Data
The data is concentrated on time series data for a decade that refers 
to the national medium-term development plan (RPJMN). The data 
intended are for two planning periods for 2015-2019 and planning 
for 2020-2024 under the leadership of Jokowi (President of the 
Republic of Indonesia). We obtained the data collection through 
government agencies (BPS-Statistics of Indonesia) and private 
institutions (3GI of Indonesia) as the institutions authorized to 
compile Indonesia’s SDGs documents.

The scope of the consistency study to invest in the effect of SEL, 
REM, and PEI on GG with different units in the 2015-2024 period, 
where specifically for the period 2020 to 2024 uses projection 



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data shown in Table 2. Evaluation of Jokowi’s performance the 
indicators SEL, REM, PEI, and GG during the two eras are clearly 
striking. With the SDGs target in 2019, as a comparison for the first 
leadership period (2015-2019), only SEL had achieved success, 
while REM and PEI did not meet the target, and GG tended to 
fluctuate, showing that in 2015-2017 there was an increase and 
had decreased by 2.58% in 2018 and again increasing by 0.73% 
for 2019. Comparisons for the 2020-2024 period or the second 
leadership era (present) which are supported by projection data, the 
results in the SEL have consistently increased as before. Table 2 
also presents REM in 2024 has met the criteria, but in 2020-2023 
it has not been achieved. The PEI target is also similar to the 

previous era, which has not met the target and GG even fell from 
2020 to 2021, then there was an increase of 2.25% and 2.31% in 
2022 and 2023. Then, in 2024, GG has decreased again, so it is 
classified as inconsistent.

3.3. Empirical Model
To implement the econometric method, we use the Ordinary Least 
Squares (OLS) method in multiple linear analysis to invest in the 
effects of the identified variables. In the data presentation process, 
it is presented with SPSS 25 software. OLS specification model, 
we replicate the equation function created by Aldieri and Vinci 
(2018) with the following simulation:

Table 1: Variable constraints
Indicator Targeted Concept Interpretation Function
Percentage of 
households with 
electricity as the 
main source of 
electricity from the 
State Electricity 
Company (PLN) 
and non-PLN 
electricity

Increased access 
to information 
for the lowest 
40% of the 
population to 
100% by 2019

Percentage of poor and vulnerable 
households whose main source of 
lighting is PLN and Non-PLN. PLN 
electricity is a source of electric 
lighting managed by PLN. Non-PLN 
electricity is a source of electric 
lighting managed by agencies or 
parties other than PLN, including 
those using lighting sources from 
batteries, generators, and solar 
power plants (which are not 
managed by PLN)

The greater this value, the better 
the level of household/community 
welfare

To see household welfare 
from the housing side

Renewable energy 
mix

In 2019, the 
national energy 
mix originating 
from the new 
and renewable 
energy sector 
was achieved 
19%

Final energy is energy that can be 
consumed directly by the end-user. 
Government Regulation of the 
Republic of Indonesia Number 79 of 
2014 concerning “National Energy 
Policy” is energy derived from 
renewable energy sources, including 
from geothermal energy, wind, 
bioenergy, sunlight, water flows, and 
falls, movement, and differences in 
sea layer temperature

The renewable energy mix is 
the percentage between the total 
final consumption of renewable 
energy to the total final energy 
consumption

Knowing how large the 
proportion of renewable 
energy use is to total 
energy

Primary energy 
intensity

Primary energy 
intensity (1% 
decrease per 
year) to 463.2 
barrels of oil 
equivalent (BOE) 
in 2019

Primary energy is energy provided 
by nature and has not undergone 
further processing based on 
Government Regulation Number 
79 of 2014 concerning “National 
Energy Policy”. Primary energy 
intensity as the total primary energy 
supply per unit of gross domestic 
product in units of SBM per IDR 
billion 

The success of the application of 
energy conservation or how much 
energy can be saved to produce the 
same product

Identify how much energy 
is used to produce one 
unit of economic output. 
Primary energy intensity is 
a proxy for measuring how 
efficiently the economy can 
utilize energy to produce 
output. The lower the ratio 
of the primary energy 
intensity, the less energy is 
needed to produce one unit 
of output

Green growth Increase in 
average green 
GDP growth

A movement towards a more 
integrated and comprehensive 
approach to incorporating social 
and environmental factors in the 
economic process, in order to 
achieve sustainable development

Economic growth contributes 
to the responsible use of natural 
capital, prevents and reduces 
pollution, and creates opportunities 
to improve overall social welfare 
by building a green economy 
and enabling the achievement of 
sustainable development goals. 
The components in GG include 
the cost of natural resource 
consumption (agricultural 
land, minerals, forests, water, 
fish resources, environmental 
depletion costs, and the level of 
environmental degradation)

To measure the level of 
natural values other than 
goods and services that 
have been measured in 
conventional GDP (without 
the cost of environmental 
impact)

Source: BPS-Statistics of Indonesia (2020a, b), 3GI of Indonesia (2020)



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Figure 2: Response to multiple crisis policies

Source: Developed from Bina (2013)

Figure 3: Model report

Source: Inserts from UN (2020a, b)

Table 2: Summary of data components
Obs. SEL (%) REM (%) PEI (IDR billlion) GG (%)
2015 91.47 5.19 145.00 5.53
2016 92.73 7.47 145.30 5.81
2017 93.55 8.39 135.05 6.02
2018 94.15 10.42 134.65 3.44
2019 94.83 12.20 140.62 4.17
2020* 95.78 13.40 144.75 6.29
2021* 96.46 14.28 141.82 5.35
2022* 97.01 15.51 142.24 7.60
2023* 97.54 15.93 148.97 9.91
2024* 97.62 16.70 145.10 8.78
Source: BPS-Statistics of Indonesia (2020a, b), 3GI of Indonesia (2020). Information: 
*Projection data

 lnGGit = αi + β1lnSELit + β2lnREM + β3lnPEIit + εit (1)

The provisions, ln: natural logarithm, α: constant, β: vectors of 
parameters, GGit: Green Growth effects, SELit: Source of Electric 
Lighting for GG i and year t, REMit: Renewable Energy Mix for 
GG i and year t, PEIit: Primary Energy Intensity for GG i and year 
t, and εit: disturbance term.

As for the summary statistics from data observations, we estimate it 
based on the GG, SEL, REM, and PEI variables reviewed in Table 3 
which confirms that the comparison of all variables is varied. The 
maximum value, mean, and standard deviation are highest for PEI 
because its benchmarks are the most prominent among the others. 
Meanwhile, of the three indicators, the smallest contribution is GG. 
However, GG is the only variable whose skewness calculation is 
positive, while for kurtosis values, all of them are negative.

4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

The first step that needs to be presented is the assumption of 
normality. The principle in Figure 4 is to detect normality by 

Table 3: Descriptive statistics (obs. = 10)
Model Min. Max. Mean SD Skewness Kurtosis
SEL 91.47 97.62 95.1140 2.11959 −0.395 −1.031
REM 5.19 16.70 11.9490 3.93634 −0.492 −1.057
PEI 134.65 148.97 142.3500 4.57940 −0.697 −0.121
GG 3.44 9.91 6.2900 1.98332 0.553 −0.101
Source: Own result

looking at the spread of observations (points) on the diagonal axis 
of the graph on the residuals. Thus, we make a decision if the data 
has spread around the diagonal line and followed the direction of 
the diagonal line so that the pattern is normally distributed and the 
regression model meets the assumption of normality.

The second requirement is the assumption of heteroscedasticity 
with the aim of testing whether the regression model has inequality 
of variance from the residuals of one observation to another 
through a scatter plot (Figure 5). In practice, this observational 
variance means that there is no heteroscedasticity disorder because 
there is no certain pattern that causes irregular data distribution 
under and over the main axis.

Selection through the Person Correlation feasibility test to 
determine the closeness of the linear relationship between variables 
based on ratio and interval data, so that it fits in this study. We 
conclude that there is a positive coefficient which implies that 
the direction of the relationship is directly proportional. Table 4 
also provides significant signals from GG, SEL, and REM to GG.

The next interpretation is to test the regression results in a complex 
manner to compare the proposed hypothesis with the suitability of 
the estimates. Table 5 attaches the partial test values of SEL, REM, 
and PEI and their predictions for GG which are also supported by 
the coefficient of determination. With reference to the probability 
level of 5% (1.96), the three variables have a significant effect 
on GG. Partially, SEL, REM, and PEI have P < 0.05, so it has a 
significant impact on increasing GG significantly. What prevents 
the relationship from being unidirectional is indicated by REM 
to GG which has a negative coefficient value. On the other hand, 
SEL and PEI have a positive contribution to encourage GG (ceteris 
paribus).

The reflection of the coefficient of determination is used as 
information on the suitability of a model and is interpreted to 
determine the extent to which a number of dependent variables are 



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able to explain the independent variables for the regression model 
as a whole (Rachmawatie et al., 2021). Because the determination 
of the OLS method is more than 50%, it is concluded that it is 
very feasible to use. GG is determined by SEL, REM, and PEI 
at 85.5%, and 14.5% is explained by other variables outside the 
study model. In more detail, the built model has achieved very 
good criteria with the following structure:

GG = −423.919 + 4.470 SEL + −2.176 REM + 
   0.218 PEI + 0.145 (2)

The success of the economic system is very relevant to enable the 
efficient use of goods and services in the current industrial era. 
The concept of green growth must support this implementation 
in synergy with policies that are in line with energy savings 
(Aldieri and Vinci, 2018). It is the key to success in considering 
the progress of green growth, Stjepanović et al. (2017) describe 
important efforts and encouragement that require organization, 
energy security, industry, and the economic problem itself when 
measuring GDP.

Abdullah et al. (2017) highlighted that at the fundamental level, in 
general, some countries still make resource-allocation errors. The 
level of capital invested in acquiring energy efficiency, renewable 
energy, sustainable agriculture, ecosystems, biodiversity, water 
conservation, and public transportation is relatively small. The 
pattern of growth and development actually has a negative impact 
on the welfare of the current generation. It is not impossible, it 
also presents challenges and presents risks for future generations.

GDP growth largely determines aggregate economic indicators, 
but the economic impact is not fully reaching at the sectoral level. 
Dai et al. (2016) present certain reasons that give a message if 
there is no negotiation that links economic growth and renewable 
energy consumption. Meanwhile, the views of Taskin et al. (2020) 
focuses on the consumption of renewable energy and its impact 
on green growth in OECD countries. The factor of openness to 
international trade is explained by a green economy that drives 
broad opportunities and creates benefits in social equality, 
productivity, and quality of life. Case studies in several countries 
in the European Union, such as Lithuania, Slovenia, and Hungary 
consume increasingly renewable energy to increase green growth, 
while in Bulgaria and Romania they are in progress. Two-way 
causality that connects the level of renewable energy consumption 
and green growth in the long run, further confirms the validated 
hypothesis in a group of countries analyzed. In the 2020 target, the 
feasibility of a number of countries in Europe should be studied 
regarding public policy goals and increasing energy efficiency to 
achieve it (Marinaş et al., 2018).

No less interesting, the study of Ziolo et al. (2020) presents SDGs 
which present the right steps to reduce energy consumption, so that 
the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency runs optimally. 
An approach to closing the gap by investigating the relationship 
between economic development, financial support, and energy 
efficiency is in the spotlight of this century. The transition from 
developed countries such as China, Finland, Japan, and Germany 
has led to green growth leading to an economic and environmental 

Figure 4: Normal plot of model

Source: Own result

Figure 5: Scatter plot of model

Source: Own result

Table 4: Correlations (obs. = 10)
Model GG SEL REM PEI
GG 1.000 0.632 (0.025*) 0.581 (0.039*) 0.677 (0.016*)
SEL 0.632 (0.025*) 1.000 0.995 (0.000*) 0.301 (0.199*)
REM 0.581 (0.039*) 0.995 (0.000*) 1.000 0.293 (0.206*)
PEI 0.677 (0.016*) 0.301 (0.199*) 0.293 (0.206*) 1.000
Source: Own result. Information: *P<0.05

Table 5: Regression display
Model Unstd. 

Coef. beta
SE t Sig. VIF Reality 

signs
Constant −423.919 126.140 −3.361 0.015*
SEL 4.470 1.428 3.129 0.020* 96.341 (+)
REM −2.176 0.767 −2.836 0.030* 95.833 (−)
PEI 0.218 0.071 3.083 0.022* 1.104 (+)
R=0.925 F=11.779
R Square=0.855 Sig. = 0.006
Adjusted R Square=0.782 df=9
DW test=2.094
Source: Own result. Information: *P<0.05, predicted to GG



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assessment system. The approach pioneered by Matraeva et al. 
(2017) focuses on fundamental considerations with the experience 
of leaders of a group of countries who have switched to energy 
efficiency through economic policy packages

5. CONCLUSIONS

Our findings confirm that SEL and PEI have a positive impact 
on GG, while REM has a negative effect. Through medium-term 
calculations, with an increase in SEL 1%, it will increase GG by 
4.470%, and an increase in PEI of IDR 1 billion per period, will 
also increase GG by 0.218%. Conversely, if REM increases by 
1%, it will reduce GG by 2.176%. In addition, the constant value 
reaches −423,919, which means that the average contribution 
of other variables outside the OLS model has a negative impact 
on GG.

This article has explored three vital points. Empirical findings do 
enrich scientific evidence regarding the impact of SEL, REM, and 
PEI on GG. One thing that must be considered is the follow-up on 
the externalities outside the model to calculate how much in the 
process of disseminating other knowledge in the environmental 
context.

Contributions in both practical and theoretical spheres are needed 
to enrich the present invention. For the future, practical insights 
put forward truly mature solutions initiated by the government in 
the SDGs document. In addition, the output theoretically refers 
to the constraints of this study which are limited by the data set 
published by the government. Another downside is that the time 
lag used is still medium-term. Therefore, it is hoped that future 
studies will consider this matter so that the presentation of the 
findings is more interesting and varied.

6. ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The authors gratefully acknowledge receipt of internal sponsorship 
(grant) from each institution. We also appreciate the performance 
and collaboration of the authors in this study.

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