VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

As many as 41 units of red and white electric buses operate to escort the delegates of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali. The environmentally friendly vehicles consist of medium and large sizes of 12 meters.

"Red and white electric buses operate in the Nusa Dua area, Sawangan area, Samabe and the venue area for the G20 Bali Summit," said Budi Karya Sumadi, Minister of Transportation to RRI.co.id, Saturday (12/11/2022).

The operational schedule, continued Budi Karya, for the electric bus is 11-17 November 2022, from 06.00 WITA to 22.00 WITA.

In addition to the Red and White buses, he continued, electric buses were also imported from various parties, from educational institutions to a number of APM automotive manufacturers. "The electric buses come from the University of Indonesia and a number of domestic automotive manufacturers.

He emphasized that the total number of electric buses operating to serve the mobility of the G20 Summit was 41 units, consisting of medium and large buses.

"The provision of electric vehicles at the G20 event is proof of Indonesia's commitment to realizing the energy transition from fossil fuels to new, renewable energy that is more environmentally friendly," explained the Minister of Transportation.

"In addition, as a joint effort of countries in the world to overcome the energy crisis and deal with climate change," continued Budi Karya.

Previously, the Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya Sumadi, checked the red and white electric bus transportation facilities. This is ahead of the holding of the G20 Presidency Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali.

Budi Karya said the red and white electric buses were used as a shuttle to serve the delegates and participants of the G20 Summit.

He wants to ensure the operation of the domestically made electric bus can run well. "I tried an electric bus made by the nation's children, the result of a collaboration between the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, INKA and a number of universities in Indonesia," he told RRI.co.id, Saturday (12/11/2022). (RRI)

CEO of Tesla Inc. Elon Musk will not attend the B20 Summit, which is a series of G20 summits in Indonesia. The news came from the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan who confirmed his absence.

However, Elon Musk will continue to give remarks at the B20 Summit. He will appear virtually for an hour and will present a question-and-answer session.

"Elon Musk because he has a court problem (the court, ed.). On the 14th he must be present at the court. He will give his speech via zoom for an hour and then ask questions," said Luhut at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC) in Bali, Sunday (11/13/2022).

Luhut added that the Twitter boss plans to visit Indonesia in December. Previously, Elon Musk will fill the discussion session "Driving Sustainable and Inclusive Growth" at the B20 Summit Indonesia, 13-14 November.

The presence of Elon Musk has led to speculation that the richest man in the world will make an investment deal with Indonesia. In addition to Elon Musk, Luhut also confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not be attending Bali.

Luhut said the reason for his absence was because Putin had to resolve a number of domestic issues. However, Luhut said that Putin would take part in the virtual meeting of the G20 Bali Summit. (RRI)

G20 member countries are reminded to apply the principle of equality in funding the Covid-19 pandemic. This was conveyed by the C20 Coordinator for Vaccine Access and Global Health, Agung Prakoso, Sunday (13/11/2022).

According to him, so far civil society groups have never been actively involved in various discussions about pandemic funding.

"On the other hand, private foundations are given wide space," said Agung, in a press statement.

Furthermore, he revealed that the global funding program was formed because of the problem of inequality in financing the pandemic.

"This should be overcome by providing affordable pandemic needs for low-income countries," said Agung.

The pandemic funding was inaugurated by the Minister of Health and Minister of Finance of the G20 countries at a meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Sunday (13/11).

The program is expected to raise $10.5 billion to be used as money for the next pandemic preparedness.

Agung said his party would continue to push for pandemic funding to place equal representatives of civil society on the decision-making board.

The C20 working group (Civil-20) is a forum for world civil society organizations that support G20 countries in dealing with the latest crucial issues. (RRI)

The 20 Business Conference, or B20 Summit 2022 is officially held from today, 13-14 November 2022 in Bali. A number of world business figures and international artists will attend, including the famous Hollywood artist Anne Hathaway.

The B20 is a group meeting of the G20, representing the international business community. Anne Hathaway was present as an Ambassador of Friendship of the United Nations Women's organization (UN), or UN Women.

Reporting from the B20 Instagram page, Anne Hathaway will talk about "Accelerating Economic Transformation and Inclusive Productivity Growth". She will fill a session entitled "Utilizing the Power of Innovation for Future Economic Growth".

Anne Hathaway is not alone in the forum, because several leaders of multinational companies will be present. Apart from her, those who will attend include the CEO and Co-Founder of Grab (Anthony Tan), and the CEO of Telefonica Brazil (Christian Gebara).

Then, President Director of Elang Mahkota Teknologi (Alvin Sariaatmadja), Chairman of Hi-Tech Group (Deep Kapuria). And Co-Founder of SES and Loral-Teleport Europe (Candace Johnson).

On gender equality, Hathaway previously served as an advocate for the Nike Foundation. She has traveled to Kenya and Ethiopia to raise awareness about child marriage. (RRI)