Antara, Jakarta/Belem, Brazil – Indonesia is aiming for at least Rp16 trillion (roughly $980 million) in carbon market transactions during the United Nations COP30 climate summit in Bel
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November 8, 2025
November 7, 2025
Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia says the government still needs to make fundamental changes to ensure indigenous communities and vulnerable groups benefit fairly from clim
November 4, 2025
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung decided to freeze the test run of the Rorotan RDF (refuse-derived fuel) waste processing facility in Cilincing, North Jakart
Yogi Eka Sahputra, Jakarta – The illegal importation of electronic waste (e-waste) from the United States into Batam is escalating.
November 3, 2025
Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Residents living around the Rorotan RDF waste processing facility in Jakarta are planning to demonstrate on November 10, 2025.
Jakarta – At least 15 people, mostly children, are missing and are likely to be dead after floods and landslides hit Papua after torrential rain, a local official said on Monday.
October 31, 2025
Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – At least ten trees fell after a torrential downpour and strong winds lashed in Jakarta yesterday afternoon, Thursday, October 30, 2025.
Jakarta – The administration of President Prabowo Subianto does not appear to be serious in preventing the climate emergency by reducing the greenhouse gas emissions.
October 30, 2025
Andrew Tito, Jakarta – Torrential rain that lashed Jakarta on Thursday afternoon caused flooding across several parts of the capital, including the upscale Kemang Raya area in South Jak
October 28, 2025
Antara, Jakarta – Heavy rain that washed Bogor, West Java, on Monday night caused the Katulampa Dam water level to rise to alert level III, triggering flooding in parts of South Jakarta
October 25, 2025
Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia plans to use the COP30 momentum as an opportunity to woo foreign buyers into purchasing its carbon credits following sluggish demand.
October 24, 2025
Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Eddy Soeparno, said climate change can no longer be viewed as a mere environmental issue.
October 23, 2025
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – "Going to Dubai was an act of desperation," says Muninggar, a 48-year-old former fish farmer from northern Java. "There were no jobs left in the village.
October 18, 2025
Jamaah, Usep Adi Wihanda, Jakarta – After enduring scorching heat with temperatures reaching up to 37.6 degrees Celsius in recent days, parts of Indonesia are now preparing for a wave o
October 17, 2025
Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – Southern Indonesia is expected to experience extreme heat until the end of the year, as both minimal cloud cover over the islands and the ongoing pancaroba (th
October 16, 2025
Antara, Jakarta – The Jakarta provincial government is stepping up its response to extreme heat, launching weather modification efforts, accelerating tree-planting programs, and warning
October 15, 2025
Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has issued a new decree to restart international carbon emission trading after a four year hiatus.
October 8, 2025
Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta – Indonesia has pushed back its peak emissions target by five years to 2035, prompting officials to raise doubts over the country's ability to reach net zero by
October 6, 2025
Muhammad Iqbal, Jakarta – Residents near the Rawa Buntu River on Jalan Artowijaya, Serpong, South Tangerang, were alarmed when the water suddenly turned bright red last Saturday afterno
Rizky Pradita Ananda, Jakarta – The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned of a possible weak La Nina forming toward the end of 2025, which could lead
Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry/Environmental Management Agency (KLH/BPLH) has thwarted the entry of 73 illegal containers of electronic was
October 1, 2025
Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Jakarta – A string of earthquakes shook Indonesia over the past 24 hours, including a magnitude 6.5 quake off East Java that damaged homes and sent residents fleein
September 30, 2025
M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – The Jakarta Environmental Office revealed that the domestic sector contributes as the biggest source of river pollution in the region.
Syahriza Alkohir Anggoro – In 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly adopted a new resolution laying the first groundwork toward a new legally binding international agreement to
September 28, 2025
Antara, Jakarta – Recent earthquakes in Lampung and East Java have resulted in significant property damage.
September 25, 2025
Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Civil society groups are calling on the Indonesian government to adopt bolder and more consistent energy transition targets following President Prabowo Subianto
Nirarta Samadhi and Ananda Putri Permatasari, Jakarta – "Let alone safe drinking water, any kind of water is hard to come by," the United Nations secretary-general's special envoy for w
September 24, 2025
Dhaka – Since late August, Indonesia has been gripped by demonstrations rooted in long-standing structural pressures faced by its people.
September 23, 2025
Wahroni, Tangerang, Banten – Heavy rain and strong winds inundated Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Monday night, causing minor disruptions at Terminal 3, where water seeped into
September 20, 2025
Agencies, Jakarta – Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) has erupted multiple times, spewing a column of ash kilometers into the sky after authorities raised its alert l
September 19, 2025
Antara, Nabire – The Siriwini Bawah Bridge, which connects Nabire City with Nabire Port in Central Papua, collapsed following a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck the region early Fri
September 17, 2025
Irsyan Hasyim, Jakarta – The massive flood that struck Bali on September 10, 2025, was not just a natural disaster.
Sopian Hadi, Denpasar – The Bali provincial government has officially lifted its flood emergency status and shifted to a recovery phase running from Sept. 17 to Dec.
Adil Al Hasan, Jakarta – Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sudaryono said 30 hectares of rice fields faced crop failures due to Vale Indonesia's oil distribution pipe leak in Lioka Village
September 16, 2025
Antara, East Nusa Tenggara – The joint Search and Rescue (SAR) team has officially halted efforts to search for victims still missing after the flash flood in Sawu Village, Mauponggo Di
September 14, 2025
Sopian Hadi, Denpasar – Bali Governor I Wayan Koster announced on Saturday that the provincial government will stop issuing permits to convert farmland into commercial areas such as hot
Zacharias Wuragil, Jakarta – Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has officially declared the start of the rainy season, with several regions already trans
September 13, 2025
Agencies, Jakarta – Indonesia is expected to experience a longer-than-usual peak period during its wet season this year, bringing a higher risk of floods and extreme rainfall in many ar
September 12, 2025
Hendro D Situmorang, Jakarta – Indonesia's meteorological agency on Friday warned of another week of extreme weather across the country, just days after Bali was hit by its most severe
Agencies, Denpasar – The death toll from deadly flash floods that swept Bali and East Nusa Tenggara, rose to 19 on Thursday, officials said, with five others missing.
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Flooding disasters in Indonesia are increasingly traced not to natural causes, but to corporate destruction of peatlands, NGO Pantau Gambut warns in its ne
Yohannes Tohap, Jakarta – Indonesia's environment minister has blamed poor waste management and uncontrolled villa construction for exacerbating the floods and landslides in Bali that k
September 11, 2025
Agencies, Denpasar – Floods in Bali have killed at least nine this week and affected 600 people, blocking off major roads in the capital and disrupting a busy travel destination, offici
Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has sealed off and isolated areas contaminated with radioactive Cesium-137 at the Modern Cikande Industrial Estate in Serang Regency, Banten,
Antara, Jakarta – The equatorial Rossby phenomenon that triggered deadly floods in Bali earlier this week has shifted westward toward Java, Indonesia's disaster management agency said W
Associated Press, Sopian Hadi, Denpasar – Rescuers in Bali retrieved five more bodies on Thursday as floodwaters receded, raising the death toll on the resort island to 14, while two re
September 10, 2025
Ahmad Rifqi Danwanus, Lumajang – Heavy rainfall over the slopes of Mount Semeru, Lumajang, East Java, triggered a lahar flood that reached the Regoyo River on Wednesday afternoon.
Agencies, Denpasar – Flash floods swept tourist hotspot Bali killing at least six people, with four others missing, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said Wednesday.
Iman Rahman Cahyadi, Denpasar – Four people are reported missing and two confirmed dead after heavy flooding swept Denpasar and Jembrana in Bali on Wednesday morning.
David Wilson, East Nusa Tenggara – The death toll from flash floods in Nagekeo Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, has risen to five, while five others remain missing as search and rescue oper
